Tips and best practices

Research strategies for locating reviews

Encoding strategies

• You can use elements that aren't supplied by the interface, but you should do so according to the project's principles; use elements that help with tracking the things we are interested in without adding in elements just because you can

Using the interface

• To use the search box or the "Show records" box, do not hit "Enter"—just click outside the search box and it should work.
• The same principle applies to showing more than ten records; enter the number you want to display and then click outside the box. 100 is the maximum you can display.
• You can't go back to browse after you've searched for a record or changed the number of items; instead refresh the entire page.
• If you're trying to navigate to a specific reception item, change the number of records from 10 to 100, then do a keyword search for the author's last name, hitting "next" as needed to get to the page with the author you're looking for.
• The colored boxes indicate the format of the reception item; you can mouse over them to see the format