[WEB4LIB] Re: Creating EbscoHost Single Search Box

[Ross Singer]

Since these are GET requests, you might want change the action of the 
form to:

http://ezproxy.liberty.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx

So off campus users can benefit, as well.

-Ross.

Paul R. Pival wrote:

>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
>Distance Education Librarian
>213E MLT
>University of Calgary
>Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4 	
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>(403) 282-6837
>ppival at ucalgary.ca <mailto:ppival at ucalgary.ca>
>Library Connection <http://www.ucalgary.ca/library/libcon>
>
>   
>
>
>
>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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