Keyword search results are now ranked to bring the best results to the very top and to subdivide the remaining results based on relevance, with relevancy based on where the search term(s) appear in the record. Formerly, results displayed strictly in chronological order, possibly causing a very relevant title to appear far down in the list of results if it was not among the most recent publications. The results are most obvious if you are searching a phrase rather than a single keyword.

Search results now appear in up to 5 groups, from Most Relevant to Least Relevant. Titles within each group are sorted by publication date, newest to oldest.

• Group 1 contains the most relevant results; those items where the primary title contains the single keyword or the multiple keywords as a phrase (for example, searching the phrase "treasure island" results in all copies of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson being in this group, regardless of publication year).

• Group 2 contains highly relevant results based on where and how the term(s) appear in the record. The single keyword or phrase appears in a subtitle or other title information (for example, Robert Louis Stevenson : finding Treasure Island where the phrase is in the subtitle).

• Group 3 contains very relevant results with single keywords found anywhere other than the main title fields (such as in a chapter title or subject heading) and multiple keywords still found as a phrase, but in fields deemed less relevant (for example, the record for the movie Treasure Planet has the phrase "treasure island" as part of a note field).

• Group 4 further subdivides multiple keyword searches. Keywords are combined with a boolean AND, and at least one of the words is in the main title or subtitle. (for example, The Treasure of Savage island has both words "treasure" and "island" in the contents, and "treasure" as part of the title).

• Group 5 contains the remaining results where all the keywords appear in the record (for example, the film version of The Count of Monte Cristo has the words "treasure" and "island" separately within the summary).

To bypass the ranking you can use field limits (for example, select Author, Title, Subject or Note in the Advanced Keyword "Any Field" drop down menu or include a:twain in your query). This is interpreted as a power search and automatically bypasses relevance ranking to present the results in a single group, sorted by publication date.