Handbook 1996 : Help | Search
About the on-line handbook (1996 version)
This handbook is a hypertext version of Volumes 3, 4 and 5 of the printed undergraduate Handbook, with the following features:
- fast and flexible searching
- Includes full text search of all files, and subject only searches by code and/or title words. Access to searches is available from every "page" (see the top and bottom of each entry).
- subject cross-referencing (online and hardcopy)
- Any reference to a valid subject code has been hyperlinked to the subject's source data eg. 131-281.html. By selecting the link, you can see the description of the subject. A subject code which is not so linked may refer to a past subject, or there may be a substantive or stylistic problem in the source data (with the cooperation of Faculties, these will be investigated and corrected).
- consistent information
- There is one unique source file per subject. However, unlike the 1995 version, where a subject's description appears several times in the hardcopy publication, these other usages are included in full in the subject's description if there are any differences in data between that copy and the source subject. This is because the additional copies may contain some substantively valid variations, such as different credit points or different prerequisites (these were "lost" in 1995). Complete audit reports of all differences are available to assist providers determine whether the differences are cosmetic or substantive (University access only).
- browsing sequence matches hard-copy sequence
- Although the content has been broken into small chunks, the user may still browse by following next and previous links. Subject browsing sequence matches the hard-copy sequence exactly. The browsing sequence listed at the head of each subject is that of its "owner" (the faculty or area from which the source was taken). If a subject is listed in alternate places then these alternate browsing sequences are included.
Known problems as at 10 Oct 1995:
- Many reported differences between duplicate copies of subjects are spurious or cosmetic. Resolving this problem will involve reviewing the entire handbook production process.
- missing some data in the Arts Guide to Courses (not supplied)
- some large guide to courses files, such as Engineering, need to be split into smaller files
- searching by subject code not yet implemented
Please report any further problems, comments or suggestions to Sandra Silcot by electronic mail at ssilcot@www.unimelb.edu.au.
Forthcoming.
Handbook 1996 : Help | Search
Status: Official 1996.
Date created: Oct 10 1995
Last modified: Oct 10 1995
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