GEN: Keyword searching problem

[Mercy High School Library <mercylib@CLARK.NET>]

    We would like to get some feedback from other librarians about a problem
we've been having with keyword searching.  We are using Winnebago Spectrum.
    When doing a keyword search, you must enter the keywords in the correct
order to be successful in your search.  For example, if a student is
searching for a book we own, Religions of the World, and searches using the
keyword phrase "world religions," that book will not appear on the results
list.
    This morning a student was trying to find the diary of Anne Frank.  She
did a keyword search using "Anne Frank."  The book did not appear on the
results list because the title is Diary of a Young Girl, and the author
entry is "Frank, Anne."
    It seems to us, the order of the words should not make a difference when
doing keyword searching.  Do other library systems have this same method of
keyword searching?  Does this seem acceptable to others using Winnebago?

Louie Sowers
Library Assistant
Mercy High School
Baltimore, Maryland  21239
mercylib@clark.net

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