VIRDISC:

A Virtual Display Catalog

This prototypical catalog is designed to provide for searches for specified information through three fundamental search mechanisms:

A basic word search intended for author, title, and subject queries. Special features of this mechanism include related subject searches and records sorted according to date. There are also functions for e-mailing search results, linking to relevant web sites, and viewing synopses or full-text versions of a record.

This mechanism allows for searches defined according to a particular format.The Prints & Photographs field, used as an example in this model, enables viewing of desired images as well as links to related subjects.

A feature which enables selection of items from alphabetical indexes according to subject, personal or corporate author, and classification numbers. Included also are subject cross references for particular terms.