function selectalephsearch(option,query,local_base) 
	{
		// option - selected aleph search option
		// query - string user is looking for
		// local_base - selected aleph sublibrary
		
		// root URL you use to send users to		
		
		var searchBaseURL = "http://p83-apps.appl.cuny.edu.central.ezproxy.cuny.edu:2048/F/";
		// var searchBaseURL = "http://apps.appl.cuny.edu:83/F/"
		
		// ***************************************************
		// NOTE: Using this form with a PROXY SERVER
		// 
		// If you want to direct users to a catalog run through a proxy server you will 
		// need to pre-proxy the URL for the them. The example above does this for the 
		// CUNY Central proxy server. You will need to identify what the value should be 
		// for your local proxy server.
		//  
		// ****************************************************
		
		if ( query.value.length < 1 ) 
		{ 
			return false; 
		} 
		else 
		{ 
			for ( var i = 0; i < option.length; i++ ) 
				{
				if ( option[i].selected ) 
				{ 
					var opt = option[i].value.split("_"); 
					if ( opt[0] == "find" || opt[0] == "F8" ) 
					{ 
						document.searchAleph.find_code.value = opt[1]; 
						document.searchAleph.request.value = query.value; 
						document.searchAleph.local_base.value = local_base.value; 
						document.searchAleph.action = searchBaseURL; 
						document.searchAleph.submit(); 
						break; 
					} 
					else 
					{ 
						document.browseAleph.scan_code.value  = opt[1]; 
						document.browseAleph.scan_start.value = query.value; 
						document.browseAleph.local_base.value = local_base.value; 
						document.browseAleph.action = searchBaseURL; 
						document.browseAleph.submit(); 
						break; 
					} // if
				} // if
			} // for
			return true; 
		} // else
	} // verify