> &query=dc.title = froissart &fixedQuery=rec.collectionIdentifier any "a > b c d" > If you wish to reflect back to the user the query they entered, and if > the query is extended with some system applied data, then the user may > be confused by the additional content. Except that the rec.collectionIdentifier part of the query is being sent to the MSE rather than being added by the MSE. So normally I would agree, but in this case I don't think it's necessary as the user will be entering in (somehow) which collections to search. Rob ,'/:. Dr Robert Sanderson ([log in to unmask]) ,'-/::::. http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~azaroth/ ,'--/::(@)::. Dept. of Computer Science, Room 805 ,'---/::::::::::. University of Liverpool ____/:::::::::::::. I L L U M I N A T I Cheshire3 IR System: http://www.cheshire3.org/