{"id":571,"date":"2018-01-11T14:11:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T20:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/music\/?page_id=571"},"modified":"2025-03-19T09:40:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T14:40:29","slug":"focused-search","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/music\/focused-search\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a focused search?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the context of searching the UI Libraries&#8217; resources regarding Music, we default to a more focused search to better serve your needs. Here is how turning the Focus ON or OFF changes what you search music resources from the Music Library homepage search box.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Focus ON<\/strong> searches the Library Catalogs, which includes physical items on the shelf and certain online resources (e.g., e-books). This is the DEFAULT.<\/p>\n<p>Focus ON includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scores<\/li>\n<li>Sound Recordings (CDs, LPs, some streaming from Naxos, Music Online, and DRAM)<\/li>\n<li>Video Recordings (VHS, DVD, Blu-ray)<\/li>\n<li>Books and E-books<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Focus OFF<\/strong> searches some databases, in addition to the content in the stacks. Here is a breakdown of what resources are included that broader search, and which are excluded.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;padding: 10px;border-left: 4px solid #99c140; background-color: #ccc;\"><strong>Focus OFF adds these resources to your search:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;padding: 15px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;padding: 10px;border-left: 4px solid #cc3232; background-color: #ccc;\"><b>These resources cannot be searched using InfoHawk+:<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;padding: 10px\">\n<ul>\n<li>Proquest Dissertations and Theses Full-Text<\/li>\n<li>Music Periodicals Database<\/li>\n<li>JSTOR<\/li>\n<li>Grove Music Online<\/li>\n<li>Oxford Bibliographies<\/li>\n<li>Some Naxos recordings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;padding: 15px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;padding: 10px\">\n<ul>\n<li>Music Index<\/li>\n<li>RILM<\/li>\n<li>RIPM<\/li>\n<li>RISM<\/li>\n<li>Most Naxos recordings<\/li>\n<li>Most Music Online recordings<\/li>\n<li>Met Opera on Demand<\/li>\n<li>Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the context of searching the UI Libraries&#8217; resources regarding Music, we default to a more focused search to better serve your needs. Here is how turning the Focus ON [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"pagetpl-music.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/571"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6961,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/571\/revisions\/6961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}