[WEB4LIB] Creating EbscoHost Single Search Box

[Paul R. Pival]

Hi Mike, I threw this at one of our systems folk, who sent me this back:


<form method="get" action="http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx" 
name="ebscosearch">
 <input name="direct" value="true" type="hidden">
 <input name="db" value="aph" type="hidden">
 <input name="bQuery" type="text">
 <input name="Search" value="Search" type="submit">
</form>

... and if it does work, then you could also probably replace the hidden 
"db" value with a drop-down list and the the user select an ebsco database.


I went ahead and tried to plug in three different databases and it 
seemed to do just what I had hoped - search three databases 
simultaneously...

<form method="get" action="http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx" 
name="ebscosearch">
 <input name="direct" value="true" type="hidden">
 <input name="db" value="aph" type="hidden">
 <input name="db" value="ecn" type="hidden">
 <input name="db" value="mth" type="hidden">
 <input name="bQuery" type="text">
 <input name="Search" value="Search" type="submit">
</form>


Is this what you're after?

 

Paul R. Pival
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Cobb, Mike A. wrote:

>Greetings All,
>
>Has anyone created a single search box or a federated search box for
>EbscoHost databases?  I'd like to offer either a way to search Ebsco's
>ASP without having to go into the database itself, something akin to
>what Google offers with the search box you can add to your homepages.
>
>Thank you for any help.
>
>Mike Cobb
>APG Library
>Liberty University
>mikecobb at liberty.edu
>
>  
>



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