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KEYWORD SEARCH looks for words or phrases that appear in the author, title, subtitle, notes, or subject heading fields that make up a catalog record of a particular work.


KEYWORD SEARCH TIPS
Keyword Features Examples
Search a single word genetics
Search a phrase genetic engineering; united states supreme court
To search for more than one term, use and women and Middle Ages; violence and television
Broaden a search by using or Soviet Union or Russia; toys or games
Limit a search by using and not Mexico and not new
Combine searches by using parentheses (teenagers or adolescents) and (eating disorders or anorexia)
Shorten words with the * symbol to find all possible endings: (truncate)
  • Use a single asterisk * to truncate from 1 - 5 characters
  • Use a double asterisk ** for open-ended truncation
teen* = teen, teens, teenage, teenager, teenagers
garden*=garden, gardener, gardening, gardens and gardenia
Fyodor Dost** = Fyodor Dostoyevski
elec**=electric, electronic, electrical, electricity, election, elected
To do a field search for subject, author, title, or notes:

S: for a subject keyword search
A: for an author keyword search
T: for a title keyword search
N: for a notes keyword search (e.g. song, short story or play titles)

s:Dickinson and criticism
a:Hemingway and t:sea
n:can't buy me love

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