To DEACTIVATE RANKED SEARCH RESULTS, do one of the following:

• Select one of the search options (e.g., author, title, subject) from the drop down search menu found on any search results screen and perform a search, or
• Choose the MODIFY SEARCH button to return to an Advanced Search page, then select a field from the "Any Field" drop down menu, and select a sort order (Date, Title or Relevance).

MOST RELEVANT
The search phrase appears in the main title.

Example:    When entering the search phrase ' animal rights' the item Animal rights : current debates and new directions will come up among the 'most relevant' group because the phrase 'animal rights' appears in the main title.

HIGHLY RELEVANT
Search term(s) appear in the subtitle or other title information.

Example:    Using the same search terms animal rights, the item Empty cages : facing the challenge of animal rights will appear under the 'Highly Relevant' group because the phrase 'animal rights' appears in the subtitle.

VERY RELEVANT
Search term(s) appear in the contents notes, series notes, or subject headings.

Example:    Using the same search terms animal rights, the item Ethics in practice : an anthology will be included among the 'Very Relevant' group because the terms 'animal rights' appear as a phrase in the contents notes. Titles where search terms or a search phrase is found in the subject headings, in a chapter title or other notes would also be grouped as 'Very Relevant.'

RELEVANT
Search term(s) are pulled from the main title and/or the subtitle using the Boolean AND operator.

In this category, the Boolean operator AND is used to find records where at least one of the terms is in either the main title or the subtitle.

Example:    Using our search phrase animal rights, the item Animal law in America : a survey of legal rights will be placed within the 'Relevant' group because the terms "animal" and "rights" appear in the title or subtitle although not as an adjacent or exact phrase.

LEAST RELEVANT
Search term(s) are pulled from anywhere else in the library record using the Boolean AND operator.

Example:   Using our search phrase animal rights, the title Case studies in business, society, and ethics, will be placed in this last group because the term "animal" appears in the contents note and the term "rights" appears in a subject heading. All the remaining results will appear in this category.