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Do FAST headings match anything?

I guess what I mean is, do you have data that uses FAST headings?  If not,
what is it matching?

-Ross.

On Thursday, June 6, 2013, Joshua Welker wrote:

> I finished the project. Thanks to everyone for the suggestions!
>
> I ended up using the OCLC Fast API (fast.oclc.org/searchfast/fastsuggest)
> rather than saving everything locally. Tracking down the entire LCSH
> authority listing and parsing it into a simple data format was just
> unwieldy.
>
> The search box I built suggests the LCSH terms from OCLC as well as
> LibGuides and LibraryH3lp FAQ links. jQuery UI Autocomplete is used for the
> suggestion functionality. The search box send actual searches to EBSCO
> Discovery Service. You can see it below on our homepage:
>
> https://library.sbuniv.edu
>
>
> Josh Welker
>