Search Tips.
The easiest way to search the library catalogue is to enter one of more words that you wish each catalogue record to contain. Separate each word with a space. Only those records containing each word you enter will be displayed. For example, entering the word War followed by the word Peace will retrieve all the records containing the word War and the word Peace.
The same result can be obtained by using the Boolean operator AND between each word. Boolean operators are words such as AND, OR, and NOT that are used to combine search terms, to broaden or narrow the results of a search. The default Boolean operator for this catalogue is AND, which means if your keywords are separated by a space, AND is automatically used.
If you wish the records to contain any of the words you enter, separate the words with the Boolean operator OR. For example, War OR Peace will display all records that contain the word War as well as all the records that contain the word Peace. Using OR means that a returned record won't necessarily have both search terms.
If you wish to exclude a word or phrase from your search, use the Boolean operator NOT. For example, War NOT Peace will return records containing the word War provided they do not contain the word Peace.
If you wish to search for a part of a word a Wildcard search can be used. An asterisk can be substituted for the part of the word that has not been entered. For example, entering Lib* will return records containing words that start with Lib (Library, Librarian, and Liberate are three).
If you wish to search for a particular phrase, include it in double quotes. For example, entering "War and Peace" will return only those records that contain that exact word order. When enclosed anywhere in double quotes, Boolean operators are not treated as a Boolean Operator.