Minerva Search Widget

You can add a Minerva search box to your webpages. Just copy the code below  and paste it into your webpage where you want the search to appear.

Minerva Search Widget Code:

<!-- MINERVA SEARCH WIDGET -->
<form name="searchwidget" style="display:inline" target="_blank" action="https://minerva.maine.edu/search/" method="get">
Search the Catalog by:
      <select name="searchtype">
        <option value="t" selected="selected">Title</option>
        <option value="X">Keyword</option>      
        <option value="a">Author</option>        
        <option value="d">Subject</option> 
      </select>
      <input type="text" name="searcharg" size="30" maxlength="75" value="" alt="Search Minerva" />
      <input type="hidden" name="searchscope" value="71" />
      <input type="hidden" name="SORT" value="D" />
      <input type="hidden" name="extended" value="0" />
      <input type="submit" name="SUBMIT" value="Search Minerva" />
      <input type="hidden" name="searchlimits" value="" />
</form>
<!-- END MINERVA SEARCH WIDGET -->

Common Adjustments

Change the Scope by changing the value from “71” to your scope in this line:

        <input type="hidden" name="searchscope" value="71" />

Change the default search option by adjusting the <option> lines. For example, to default to Keyword, the <options> lines would be:

   <option value="X" selected="selected">Keyword</option>
   <option value="t">Title</option> 
   <option value="a">Author</option>        
   <option value="d">Subject</option>

Add additional search options:

   <option value="c">LC Call #</option>
   <option value="e">Dewey/Other Call #</option>
   <option value="f">NLM Call #</option>
   <option value="q">Author and Title</option>
   <option value="p">Professor</option>
   <option value="r">Course Name or Number</option>