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Simple Search
- When doing a title search, ignore initial articles (A, An,
The, and foreign equivalents when they are the first word of
a title).
- Enter the author's name in last name, first name order (e.g., search
for 'Twain Mark' rather than 'Mark Twain')
- For subject heading searches, enter the subject heading, omitting
all punctuation.
To perform a Simple search:
- Type your search terms in the 1. Enter Search Terms: text
box.
- Select from the following search types in the 2. Choose a
Search Type list box:
- Title
- Searches for the title of a work. Enter the exact title or
beginning of the title. Returns an alphabetical
list of matching records.
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- Journal Title
- Searches for journal titles. Enter the exact title or beginning of
the title. Returns an alphabetical list of
matching titles.
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- Author
- Searches for a personal name, company/organization name, or
conference name in the author field(s) of the record. For personal
names, enter the last name (surname) first. Results in a
Headings Display.
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- Subject
- Searches for exact Library of Congress Subject Headings. Returns a
list of matching headings with subheadings. Results in a
Headings Display.
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- Call Number
- Searches for an item's call number. Enter the exact call number or
beginning of the call number. Exact punctuation is required.
Returns a list of matching call numbers.
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- Boolean (AND, OR, NOT)
- Boolean searching is a type of keyword searching that allows you
to combine search terms using the operators AND, OR, and NOT.
- use AND, OR, NOT to combine search terms
- use quotation marks to group search terms as a phrase
- use ? to truncate: browser?
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- use parenthesis to combine search sets
For example, to find
information about writing on the Internet, you might type:
(internet or "world wide web") and (writing or
publishing)
- Relevancy Ranked
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- enter words and/or phrases below;
- use quotes to search phrases: "world wide web"
- use + to mark essential terms: +explorer
- use * to mark important terms: *internet
- use ? to truncate: browser?
- If desired, select an option from the 3. Limit Your Search
(optional): drop-down list.
- Click the Search button.
To search again from a list or item display, click on
the 
button at the top of the screen. It will take
bring up a new screen of the same search type as previously used,
retaining any limits that are activated.
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