Advanced search

Access advanced search from:

The Home screen

The Search Results screen

 

The Search for Library Items screen

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Step	Action	For more information see...
1	On one of the locations listed above, click the Advanced Search link. Result: The Advanced Search screen appears.
2	Available database(s) are listed at the top of the screen.	Adding and removing databases
3	Type one or more search terms in at least one field. Note: Options vary by database. Only search terms available to all selected databases will appear. When at least one full-text searchable database is selected, full-text search indexes will appear within the drop-down list.	Search guidelines
4	Optional. Select one or more of the Popular Limits options. Note: Options vary by database.
5	Optional. Select values for one or more of the Narrow your search fields. Note: Options vary by database. Only search limiters available to all selected databases will appear.	Limiting an advanced search
6	Click Search. Note: You may be asked to provide authorization information. Result: Your search results appear, sorted by location and relevance.	Search results

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WorldCat is the default database used in searching.

To add or remove databases:

Step	Action	Result
1	On the Advanced Search screen, click Add/Remove databases button.	The Select databases to search screen appears.
2	Select individual databases or groups of databases to search by clicking the check box by each name. Note: You may also use the select all, clear all and reset buttons.	The database moves to the right column, under Selected Databases. When selecting a group of databases, only the database names, and not the group name, will appear.
3	When you are finished, click Save Selections.  Or click Cancel to go back.	The Advanced Search screen appears.

For more information, see Databases in Detail.

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You can limit advanced search results by entering information in one or more of the following fields, if available:

Field	Returns only...
Library	Items owned by selected library(ies)
Year	Items published in a certain date range (whole years only)
Audience	Items for the audience
Content	Items with the content
Format	Items in the format
Language	Items in a certain language

Note: Not all limits are available for all databases.

To get more exact search results, combine search terms with limiters. For example, to find a specific journal:

1. Type part of a journal title in the Title field, followed by an asterisk. (*)
2. Limit your search results by selecting the Format Journal/ Magazine/ Newspaper.

Example: 

This search...	Returns...
Title: cat*	Journal titles with the phrase cat anywhere in the title, such as: General academic catalogue for the Colorado School of mines Gramophone classical catalogue

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