internetarchive / internetarchive/openlibrary

Improvements to the Advanced Search Page

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Lead: @cdrini Priority: 3 Theme: Search Type: Feature Request
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Description

Related to #541, #2099.

Now that I use the Advanced Search feature more, I realize it's not adequate enough to look for works/editions. Here's my proposal to add:
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/55302685/69887015-b5f12f00-1299-11ea-81a7-36dd87303c18.png)

*I didn't add this one to the picture (ran out of space), but "list" and "OCLC" should be fields too.

I took out some that I felt aren't as important, but it's ok to keep them. I'm hoping these additions will help someone who has some information about a book (but not a lot, and it's not covered in the current Advanced Search layout) to be able to take the multiple bits of limited info that they have to group it together into a search that helps them find what they're looking for. The ones I added in are what I feel would help me out, but if there's something that would help people more, don't feel limited by what I posted - it's ok to add in.

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Research direction

Review the existing Advanced Search page and related issues #541 and #2099 first; the issue provides a proposal image and specifically calls out list and OCLC fields. Done means agreeing on the fields to support and updating the page so limited book or edition information can be combined in one search.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
search, web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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