Explore and Engage

Gallery's Advanced Facets enable patrons to quickly see search results grouped by Titles, Topics, Authors, and Series. Exploring by Topic offers a visual and engaging way for your patrons to discover your library's collection by subject and find materials related to their interests.

There are two main ways to open topic pages:

Search Results:

The Similar tab on the item's detail and Topics search results page groups items into carousels with "See more" buttons, allowing patrons to explore further titles linked to the specific topic.



Gallery Item Details Page

Item Details:

When patrons explore an item from search results or Gallery's landing page (Showcase or List widgets), they see interactive topic chips for each subject heading displayed on the item's bibliographic record (Overview tab).



Gallery Item Details Page

 

Click tabs below to explore the different Topic Pages for Subjects, Authors, and Series:

Subjects

These pages display all titles with this subject heading in their bibliographic records. Each heading may show authors or series that cover this subject and more related topics if you have results discovered in your catalog. Library of Congress headings may also display an image and description of the topic from Wikipedia, related headings at the top, and Broader and Narrower tabs that list more general and specific subjects with results from your library's catalog.

 

Gallery Subject Topic Page

Authors

These pages are designed to provide a rich browsing experience, showcasing every title by or about an author based on your library's bibliographic records. Any writer could have similar authors, series titles, and topics from their works. Gallery utilizes linked data from the Library of Congress, which can provide additional information from Wikipedia and Wikidata to enhance the user experience.

When a match is found, patrons can see the author's image and biography (Wikipedia), with additional tabs detailing authors that influenced them (if they have a citation), career highlights, awards, and more (Wikidata).

 

Gallery Author Topic Page

Series

These pages display all the titles with this exact series title in their bibliographic records. You can also see subjects related to that series.


Gallery Series Topic Page

 

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