NoveList Select - search result issue

[Terran McCanna]

When following a recommended book link search in EBSCO's NoveList Select added content, it creates a link such as:

https://next.gapines.org/eg/opac/results?bool=and&qtype=title&contains=contains&query=Mockingjay&bool=and&qtype=author&contains=contains&query=Collins,%20Suzanne&bool=and&qtype=keyword&contains=contains&query=&sort=&locg=1

The search link works fine, but it plops an ugly Array code into the search field like this:

ARRAY(0x7f42266c9150)

This is confusing to the patron if they try to modify the search and it breaks the Sort By, Limit to Available, and Group By options. I'm not sure if this is caused by an issue with the way EBSCO formats the search link, or if it is something that can be fixed on the Evergreen side.

It has the same behavior in 2.5 and 2.7.

[Ben Shum (bshum)]

Hmm, I tested this using one of our libraries who subscribes to Novelist content and I do not see this issue occurring with our system. It's possible that the problem is on Novelist's side of things as you say.

You can test using https://plumb.biblio.org to see examples from a Novelist subscribed library in our production system.

Marking incomplete pending further review.

[Terran McCanna (tmccanna)]

Thanks, Ben! In comparing the URLs that are being generated, it looks like they are adding this string "&x=39&y=4&_adv=1" to the end of yours - if I add that to my string, all of a sudden it works. So, this does seem to be an EBSCO bug and not an Evergreen bug. I will contact them.

[Terran McCanna (tmccanna)]

I changed this to "Invalid" since it's an EBSCO bug.