The search is counted in each database. So, if three databases are included in a search, three searches are counted. If a user includes 2 or 3 databases in a search and does not ask FirstSearch to rank the results of the search, the records found are grouped by database in the results list. Links are provided at the top of the list so the user can jump to the results for any database. If 2 or 3 databases each contain a record for the same item, each record is included in the results list because FirstSearch does not remove duplicate records.
All previous searches performed during the current session in any database are available for reuse.
Users can select a previous search to redo it and view its results again. Or, they can combine a previous search with additional search terms or with other previous searches and view the results of the combined search. If they select it, FirstSearch analyzes all the records found by the search and lists the records in order of relevance. If more than 1,000 records are found, only the first 1,000 are listed. All records found by the search are ranked but only the top 1000 records are available for use.