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Improved Search for Foreign Language Materials in BARD
By Alicia Waters | August 30, 2021
NLS has deployed new and improved tools to search BARD for titles in languages other than English. The new search tools will give patrons the ability to specify one or more default search languages and also limit search results by language. These updates will make it easier for patrons to find books in the languages they prefer to read, whether that be English, Spanish, or one of the other twenty-four languages currently available on BARD.
Here is a brief how-to on the new tools:
· Designate your default search language(s) by clicking the “language preference settings” link or the “Accounts Settings” link from the BARD main screen.
· Check more than one default search language if you want to see titles in more than one language. You can update these settings at any time, or you can specify a different language while searching through the drop-down menu adjacent to the search field on the BARD main screen.
· Your default language settings will extend to the collection browsing options on the BARD main screen, such as Browse by Author Last Name, Browse by Title, and Browse by Subject, as well as Recently Added Books and Magazines.
· If you choose multiple languages or do not set your language preferences, a language filter drop-down menu on search results screens will display the number of books in each language and allow you to filter results by language. That will only display when more than one language is present in the search results. Setting your language preference will not affect the Recently Added menu in BARD Mobile at this time.
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