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| Author Searching |
| Enter the Author's LAST NAME first.
You must enter the entire Last Name or portion of the Last Name. You may enter
the first name or portion of the first name. Any punctuation entered will be
ignored. All authors matching your search name(s), or have name(s) which begin
with your search name(s), will be displayed.
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| Example: You are searching for the author John
Grisham: |
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Grisham |
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Grisham, John
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Grisham John |
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Grish John
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Grisham, Jo
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Grish Jo
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| If the entire search key entered is less than three
characters, only authors which exactly match the characters entered will
be returned.
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| Subject Searching |
| Enter the SUBJECT you wish to
search. You must enter the first word, or portion of the first word, of the
subject. The words must be entered in the order they appear in the subject
heading(s). The search will be faster when more words are entered. Any
punctuation entered will be ignored. All subject headings matching your search
word(s), or have words which begin with your search word(s), will be displayed. |
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| Example: You are searching for the subject Gardening
to Attract Birds. |
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gardening to attract birds |
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gardening birds |
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garden bird |
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gard attra |
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characters, only subjects which exactly match the characters entered
will be returned. |
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| Title Searching |
| Enter the TITLE you wish to search
including SERIES TITLE. You must enter the first word, or
portion of the first word, of the title excluding the words 'THE', 'AN', or
'A'. The words must be entered in the order they appear in the title. The
search will be faster when more words are entered. Any punctuation entered will
be ignored. All titles matching your search word(s), or have words which begin
with your search word(s), will be displayed. |
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| Example: You are searching for the title Building a
PC for Dummies. |
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| You may enter as your search key:
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Building a PC for dummies |
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Building PC
dummies |
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Building PC |
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Build dummies |
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Bui dum |
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Build PC |
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| If the entire search key entered is less than three
characters, only titles which exactly match the characters entered will
be returned. |
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| Title/Author Searching |
| Enter the TITLE you wish to search
including SERIES TITLE. You must enter the first word, or
portion of the first word, of the title excluding the words 'THE', 'AN', or
'A'. The words must be entered in the order they appear in the title. Any
punctuation entered will be ignored. |
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| Enter the AUTHOR you wish to
search. Enter the Author's LAST NAME first. You must enter the
entire Last Name or portion of the Last Name. You may enter the first name or
portion of the first name. Any punctuation will be ignored. |
| All records matching both the title search word(s),
or have words which begin with your search words(s), AND matching the author
search name(s), or have name(s) which begin with your search name(s), will be
displayed. |
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| Example: You are searching for the book The Pelican
Brief by John Grisham.
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| TITLE SEARCH KEY |
AUTHOR SEARCH KEY |
| Pelican Brief |
Grisham, John |
| Peli Brie |
Grisham |
| Pelican |
Grish John |
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| Subject Keyword Searching |
| Enter up to three words of the SUBJECT
you wish to search. The words may appear in any order in the subject heading.
Any punctuation entered will be ignored. All subject headings matching your
search word(s), or have words which begin with your search word(s), will be
displayed. |
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| Example: You are searching for the subject Gardening
Equipment and Supplies.
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| You may enter as your search key: |
Gardening Equipment Supplies |
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Equipment Gardening |
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Garden Equip |
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Garden Equip
Supp |
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Supp Equip
Garden |
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| For any word entered that is less than three
characters, only subjects which include the exact match of the word will be
returned; example: if the word in is entered, only subjects which
include the word in will be returned, not variations of the word in
such as inline, interest, etc.
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| Title Keyword Searching
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| Enter up to three words of the TITLE
you wish to search including SERIES TITLE. The words may
appear in any order in the title. Any punctuation entered will be ignored. All
titles matching your search word(s), or have words which begin with your search
word(s), will be displayed.
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| Example: You are searching for the title Building a
PC for Dummies.
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building PC dummies |
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dummies PC
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build PC dummies |
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dummies |
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build dum |
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PC dum |
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| For any word entered that is less than three
characters, only titles which include the exact match of the word will be
returned; example: if the word in is entered, only subjects which
include the word in will be returned, not variations of the word in
such as inline, interest, etc.
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| Simple & Advanced Searching
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| There are two types of searches: a Simple Search
and an Advanced Search. Of the two, the Simple Search is the faster
search.
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| The Advanced Search allows you to limit your search
results by any one or more of the following: specific Branch, specific Material
Type, and/or specific Publication Date or date range.
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