When assessing a tool for cataloguers the key points are useability and productivity aids which extend the product beyond a mere search tool. The interface is modern and well featured with customisable, dockable toolbars and the ability to change the view of records MARC tags and short or long labels. Records are displayed in a split screen with a brief result screen and full MARC display of the selected record next to it or in a separate Window.
Tabs keep track of multiple search sessions and results.
Searching ZSearcher provides the two main parts of a search definition within one simple dialogue box. Other useful features include the query history so that you can easily re-do a previous search if you need to. Scan ZSearcher supports the scan service - which if it is available on the database you wish to search is very useful feature. Instead, the server responds with only an alphabetical list of the closest matching terms indexed in the database. If you highlight an entry in the tree of terms in the Scan window and click the copy button, then the term will be copied into the Query dialogue for you.