Cumulus 8 - Canto

USING THE FIND WINDOW 49Broadening the SearchIf the results you get from either a simple or compound search are toonarrow, Cumulus can be of assistance again. The search method Findand Add to Current Collection adds the results of a subsequent searchto the records contained in the current collection.Let’s conduct an example search using the Find and Add to Current Collectionsearch method:1. If the Find window is not open, click Find > Find Records to open it.2. Set up the first part of the search as:3. Leave the default search method Find in All Open Catalogs forthis first step.4. Click Create New Collection so that the records found will be displayedin a new collection of their own.5. Click Find. Cumulus finds four records: “Camels in India,” “IndianCamel,” “Indian Music,” and “Sunset with Tree.”6. Now use the same search criteria, but change the search method to:7. Click Find and Add to Current Collection as the search method.8. Click Update Current Collection so that the records found willsupersede the current collection.9. Click Find. The record “Map” is added to the four records foundwith the previous search, and your current collection is comprisedof five records.This search method can be seen as an or Boolean operator. That is, afteryour first search, you conduct another search using a different criteria,and the final results are the same as from the corresponding compoundsearch using or.Saving and Loading Search QueriesAlthough Cumulus remembers your search set-ups if you leave themopen when you quit Cumulus, you can also save search set-ups, calledqueries. This prevents you from having to rebuild them each time youneed them. It also ensures that your searches are consistent from sessionto session, which is important for some purposes. Cumulus query files canbe used on any supported platform. You can store and load queries forquick retrieval if you have the appropriate permissions.