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Facets – in Retail Online retail earliest adopters of facets Facets include price, brand, price Endeca and Mercado (Omniture) = vendors Home Depot is one retailer using facets

Online retail earliest adopters of facets

Facets include price, brand, price

Endeca and Mercado (Omniture) = vendors

Home Depot is one retailer using facets

Facets - Libraries Libraries followed retail in use of facets Facets used include subjects, authors, formats, languages, date ranges, etc. University of North Carolina’s library catalog includes the use of facets

Libraries followed retail in use of facets

Facets used include subjects, authors, formats, languages, date ranges, etc.

University of North Carolina’s library catalog includes the use of facets

Autocomplete Makes guesses on what you are searching for as you type Automatically completes a word as you type Autocomplete may be set to be on or off

Makes guesses on what you are searching for as you type

Automatically completes a word as you type

Autocomplete may be set to be on or off

Spell Checking Checks spelling Corrects spelling mistakes automatically

Checks spelling

Corrects spelling mistakes automatically

Did you Mean? Checks spelling Makes recommendations of search terms Recommendations are based on word(s) in search box

Checks spelling

Makes recommendations of search terms

Recommendations are based on word(s) in search box

Power Tools for Power Users Default is typically the basic search Advanced search options available for advanced/power users

Default is typically the basic search

Advanced search options available for advanced/power users