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Revise Search & Retrieval Tools documentation
Updated the documentation for Search & Retrieval Tools, enhancing clarity and adding new features.
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docs/abcd-modules/cataloguing/manual/searching.md

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**Icon:** ![Search History](../../../media/abcd-modules/cataloguing/manual/data-entry/data-entry-search-history-icon.png)
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Cataloging is repetitive. The **Search History** (`search_history.php`) keeps track of your recent activities.
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* **Session History:** Lists every search performed since you logged in. Click any entry to re-execute it.
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* **Saved Searches:** Access queries you explicitly saved. Useful for monthly reports or routine maintenance checks (e.g., "Show me all books without an ISBN").
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* **Combine Sets:** Advanced users can combine previous result sets (e.g., "Result Set #1" **NOT** "Result Set #2").
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- The shown history is for the current database.
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- A click on the magnifier icon executes the query
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![Search History & Management](../../../media/abcd-modules/cataloguing/manual/data-entry/forms-history.png)
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#### Record Selection
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Main goal of the record selection is to limit the number of results for the resulting list. This limits also the time to search for arbitrary strings.
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Only one selection method can be used for the search
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- By a standard search. See [Search](#2-search)
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Button Search` will copy the search expression to the form
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- By using the MFN's of previously selected records.
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This method is only shown if there are selected records. It is not possible modify the MFN numbers.
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- By entering an MFN range
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This options is intended for checks and rarely used, so hidden during normal operation
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- Button `Executes` the search, sorts and marks the results and shows the [Result form](#-result-form)
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### Result form
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![Free Search result](../../../media/abcd-modules/cataloguing/manual/data-entry/forms-free-search-result.png)
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Note the buttons on the right of the form:
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- ![Select](../../../media/abcd-modules/cataloguing/manual/data-entry/but_select.jpg) Check box is used to add the record to the set of selected records. Equivalent to Check box in [Toolbar record](../data-entry.md#2-the-record-toolbar-toolbar_recordphp)
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- ![Select](../../../media/abcd-modules/cataloguing/manual/data-entry/but_view.jpg) Shows the selected record in a pop-up window with the default display format. Each clicked record gets its own pop-up window. This allows to visually compare the complete records.
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