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Chapter 3. SEARCHING

   

 


Entering Search Terms

You can use single- or multiple-word search terms in Quick Search and Advanced Search. You may also use the wildcard character “*” (see Using Wildcards for details) to broaden or narrow the scope of your search.

NOTE: Search terms are not case-sensitive.

NOTE: Diacritics are acceptable within search terms. In cases where diacritics are included in a search term, the results set may contain titles with versions of the search term that DO include the diacritics and titles with versions of the search term that DO NOT include the diacritics.

If your library has enabled “type ahead” functionality, the system will offer search term suggestions as you type based on the characters you have entered. Search term suggestions are derived from the indexes for your library’s main A-G or AV database, and consider both scoping and index choices to ensure search term suggestions are appropriate to the library and index selections applied to the search.

To use a single-word search term:

To use a multiple-word search term:

You can locate items by standard number (ISBN, ISSN, LCCN, etc.).

To use a single standard number as a search term:

To use multiple standard numbers as a search term:

NOTE: Searching by multiple standard numbers is supported by Advanced Search only.

To clear the Quick Search text box: