Reference numbers

Expectations:

  • Users expect search to be able to locate works by their local and external identifiers eg Catalogue API IDs, Sierra IDs etc and for these to appear first in results

  • Works that mention the reference number in other fields should come after the exact match

  • Searches should be case-insensitive

  • Users searching for an identifier and other input, should find works matching the identifier and input at the top of the results

  • Note: We have instances where a user may have one alternative version of a reference number that has been referred to as something else, e.g. WMS 682 / MS 682 / MS.682. They are the same item.

Examples:

  • L0029993

  • SA/MED/L

  • 727416i

  • HALDANE/4/16/1/4

  • MS PERSIAN 373

  • V1234567

  • V1234567 i1234567 aTrf569

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