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E-Books | Other Searches | Requests and Renewals I Exercise I Help

Using the Library Catalog
Other Searches:
Advanced Search


From the advanced word search menu, you have the option to join search terms in indexed fields. In the example below, Walker will be searched as an author joined by color purple searched as word/s in the title.

Advanced word search

Other search options from the Advanced search screen are the browse search and command search options.

Advanced search options

  • A browse search will display a list that you can browse beginning with your search term/s. Use browse when you have an exact title or beginning of a title, or you have the call number of an item and want to find other items on the same subject.

    If you click on the browse search link, you will see the browse search menu. This option allows you to search for books using the title beginning with... or any of the other available search options.

    Browse search

  • A command search allows you to structure your search in a specific way, which is useful when you want to create your own customized searches. For example, you can type cor= harvard business school to find items with the Harvard Business School as a corporate author.

    Command search

    Click on the Tips link for the searching options for command searches.

This concludes the Other Searches section of this tutorial. In the next section, we will discuss requesting and renewing items using my account.



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