Why are there two search boxes on the catalog homepage?
The first version of the new online catalog preserves the ability to do what librarians (and only librarians) call “authority searching” (e.g., Subject and Author) and index searching (e.g., Title and call number). It was determined that the best way to do this was to separate the two set of features rather than creating too many radio buttons, dropdown selections, or additional tabs in the catalog interface. The top search box performs only Endeca keyword searches. The bottom box performs only Unicorn/Web2 index searches.
