Searching Requests in Request Manager
Request Manager displays a summary list of WorldCat Resource Sharing requests needing action, and allows you to search all current requests (all requests except those with a status of Closed) using a variety of terms.
Details
You can search for specific requests a number of ways. The searching process operates differently for different search types.
| Search Type | Description | Search Method(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Request Identifier | The system-generated identification number of the request you want to retrieve | Exact match |
| Borrowing Library | A library from whom your library has borrowed an item (your library is the borrower) | Exact match |
| Lending Library | A library to whom your library has loaned an item (your library is the lender) | Exact match |
| Author | Enter the author's name the same way you believe it is stored in the database; include punctuation but ignore leading and trailing spaces. | Keyword Phrase Truncation |
| Call Number | Enter the call number of item in the request you want to retrieve. | Keyword Truncation |
| Patron Department | Enter the department of the patron in the request you want to retrieve. | Keyword Phrase Truncation |
| Patron ID | Enter the ID number of the patron in the request you want to retrieve. | Keyword Truncation |
| Patron Name | Enter the name of the patron in the request you want to retrieve. | Keyword Phrase Truncation |
| Title | Enter the title of the item in the request you want to retrieve. | Keyword Phrase Truncation |
For all searches except Exact match:
Case is ignored.
Example: The Guns of August produces the same results as the guns of august.Stopwords are ignored.
Example: For whom the bell tolls is searched as whom bell tolls.Punctuation is removed and the remaining characters (spaces included) are collapsed.
Example: Shakespeare, William searches as Shakespeare William (the space before W remains)
Example: Shakekspeare,William searches as ShakespeareWilliamDiacritics are stored in the database as Roman characters.
Example: Search for Paul Val éry as Paul Val ery
Example: Search for Cien a ños de soledad as Cien a nos de soledad
Exact match searching
An exact match search requires you to enter the exact text you want to retrieve. You can use exact match searching for borrowing library, lending library and request identifier searches.
| Search type | How to... |
|---|---|
| Borrowing Library | Enter the institution symbol. Example: To search for items loaned to the LIbrary of Congress, enter: DLC or dlc. |
| Lending Library | Enter the institution symbol. Example: To search for items borrowed from the LIbrary of Congress, enter: DLC or dlc. |
| Request Identifier | Enter the system-generated identification number of the request you want to retrieve. Example: To search for Request #12345678, enter: 12345678. |
Keyword searching
A keyword search retrieves the entire search term as a whole word (that is, bordered by spaces) anywhere within the search type. You can use keyword searching for the searches shown below.
Examples:
| Search type | Search term | Results include... |
|---|---|---|
| Author | Lorca | Garcia Lorca, Federico Lorca, Alberto Lorca, Ernesto Mayorga Lorca, Roberto Sierralta Lorca, Eduardo |
| Philip-Lorca | DiCorcia, Philip-Lorca | |
| Call number | PR4572S | PR4572 .E25 1870 Dickens, Charles. Mystery of Edwin Drood PR4572 .M76 1864 Dickens, Charles. Mrs. Lirriper's legacy PR4572 .M8 1880 Dickens, Charles. The Mudfog papers, etc. PR4572 .S56 1872 Dickens, Charles. Sketches of young couples & young gentlemen |
| 1864 | PR4568 .A1 1864 Dickens, Charles. Our mutual friend PR4572 .M76 1864 Dickens, Charles. Mrs. Lirriper's legacy | |
| Patron Department | renaissance | history of the renaissance renaissance lit |
| Patron ID | 18412316 | 18412316 |
| Patron Name | Sousa | John Sousa John Phillip Sousa Sousa, John Phillip |
| Title | call | Call of the Wild Call of the Wildflowers Certain trumpets: the call of leaders I heard the owl call my name Making a friendly call |
Boolean expressions. You can combine keywords using Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT; you may also use parentheses for more complex searches.
Examples:
| Operator | Search terms | Results include these titles... |
|---|---|---|
| AND: Results contain both terms anywhere in any order. | twain and finn | Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Mark Twain: Tom Sawyer and Hucklebarry Finn Mark Twain and Huckleberry Finn |
| twain and sawyer | Mark Twain: author of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain: Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn A Tom Sawyer companion: an autobiographical guided tour with Mark Twain | |
| OR: Results contain one of the terms anywhere. | twain or finn | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Great novels of Mark Twain A Mark Twain sampler New essays on Advantures of Huckleberry Finn |
| twain or sawyer | Adventures of Tom Sawyer Great novels of Mark Twain A Mark Twain sampler Tom Sawyer abroad | |
| NOT Results contain the first term anywhere; do not contain the second term. | twain not finn | A Connecticut Yankee in criminal court: a Mark Twain mystery Great novels of Mark Twain Mark Twain: author of Tom Sawyer A Mark Twain sampler |
| ( ) Satisfies the condition in parentheses first, then satisfies the entire condition. | (finn and pudd'nhead) and twain | A study of American culture as portrayed by Mark Twain in the adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's court, and Pudd'nhead Wilson |
| (finn or pudd'nhead) and twain | Down the river, a play: adapted from Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain Mark Twain: Tom Sawyer and Hucklebarry Finn Mark Twain and Huckleberry Finn Puddn'head Wilson (Mark Twain) A study of American culture as portrayed by Mark Twain in the adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's court, and Pudd'nhead Wilson |
Phrase searching
A phrase search retrieves the exact phrase between the double quotes as a whole word (that is, bounded by spaces" anywhere within the search type. You can use phrase searching for the searches shown below.
Examples:
| Search type | Search term | Results include... |
|---|---|---|
| Author | "Garcia Lorca" | Garcia Lorca, Federico |
| "Sierralta Lorca" | Sierralta Lorca, Eduardo | |
| Call number | | Not recommended: use keyword or truncated search. |
| Patron Department | "lit" | French lang & lit renaissance lit Spanish lit Does not retrieve: Native American literature Does not retrieve: Literary history and criticism |
| Patron ID | | Not recommended: use keyword or truncated search. |
| Patron Name | "Phillip Sousa" | John Phillip Sousa Sousa, John Phillip |
| Title | "call my name" | I heard the owl call my name |
Truncated searching
A truncated search is used for author, call number, patron department, patron identifier, patron name, and title searches. For these searches, you may enter the partial names or titles with an asterisk (*), with or without a space, in upper- or lower case (case insensitive).
Examples: In the following examples, this symbol 
represents a blank space.
| This... | Retrieves... | This |
|---|---|---|
| rob * | Any name or title beginning with rob+space: | Rob Madison Rob Roy |
| rob* | Any name or title beginning with rob | Rob Madison Rob Roy Robert Ludlum Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves |
| lit* | Any term beginning with lit | French language & lit renaissance lit Spanish lit Spanish literature |
| nnnn* | Any term such as an ID number: 1841* | 18412316 |
| PR45* | Any call number beginning with PR45 | PR4536 .M4 Metcalf, John C . De Quincey: a portrait PR4568 .A1 1864 Dickens, Charles. Our mutual friend PR4571 .A1 1901 Dickens, Charles. A tale of two cities PR4588 .R6 Romano, John. Dickens and reality |
| PR457* | Any call number beginning with PR457 | PR4571 .A1 1901 Dickens, Charles. A tale of two cities PR4575 .D525 2003 Galvin, John ed. Dickens on screen PR4577 .K5 1899 Kitton, Frederic G. Dickens and his illustrators |
| * smith | Any name or title ending with space+smith: | Gene Smith The Life of Joseph Smith |
| * literature | Any term ending with space+literature: | Spanish literature |
| *smith | Any name or title ending with smith: | Gene Smith Jack L. Hammersmith Blacksmith The Life of Joseph Smith |
| *smith* | Any name or title containing the string smith | Fundamentals of Blacksmithing |
| smith | Any name or title containing only the word smith: | Smith |