When limiting a search to a specific library, the word(s) entered will be searched only in that library's collection.

A default library will be pre-selected for you. If you do not change this limit, the word(s) you entered in the search box will be searched only in the default library catalog.

The list of libraries is arranged in alphabetical order by location of the library. All of the libraries located in Bloomington are listed in alphabetical order, followed by Columbus, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, etc. There are two exceptions, Northwest and Southeast listed as Northwest and Southeast, not Gary and New Albany.

To select a specific library:

Click on the arrow on the right side of the box.
Scroll through the list using the bar on the right side of the drop-down menu.
Highlight and click on the library that you wish to search.
The drop-down menu disappears and the selected library will appear in the box.

The shelving locations are arranged in an alphabetical list.

Approximately 100 shelving locations on the list are shared shelving locations. For example, many libraries have A-V, Atlases, Children's and Reference shelving locations.

The remaining shelving locations are unique to a specific library.

Example :

South Bend Circulation Desk CD's

To find shelving locations for the Undergraduate Library it is necessary to scroll to Main Library - Undergraduate Library.

Books (includes monographs in paper and other formats, such as microfilm)
Computer/Electronic/Online
Journals/Magazines/Newspapers (includes all serials)
Manuscripts
Maps
Musical Scores
Sound Recordings
Video/Slides, Etc. (includes all visual materials)

Entering operators into a single search term box

One or more search terms may be typed in a single search term box. Include an operator between each search term. If no operators are included, the system assigns the default operator SAME.

Terms may be "nested" (enclosed in parentheses) to combine like terms. When you add parentheses to a search you tell the computer in which order keywords should be searched. Without parentheses, the computer will search the most specific operator first. The sequence from most to least specific is: adj, near, with, same, and, not, xor, or.

Example :

(television or TV) and advertising not (children or youth or teen$)

Boolean Operators

And

All terms entered in the box must be present in the records chosen. Narrows your search.

Example :

children and poverty

Or

Any of the terms in the search box may be present in the records. Or broadens your search. Can be used for synonyms or variant spellings of a word.

Example :

television or TV

Not

Excludes all records found in the search that include the next term in the box or the term in the next search box. Narrows your search.

Example :

pollution not air

Xor

Either one or the other search term must be present but not both. Narrows your search.

Example :

rats xor rodents

The terms in the search box must all appear in the same field of a record (author, title, subject, etc.).

Example :

gun same control

Adj

Terms in the search box must appear in the record next to (adjacent to) each other in the same order as you enter them in the box.

Example :

civil rights

Near

Terms in the search box must appear in the record next to (adjacent to) each other, but may appear in any order.

Example :

financial near plan$

With

Terms in the search box must appear in the record in the same sentence and in the same field/part of the record.

Example :

merchant with venice

You may also add numbers to the positional operators to specify how many words apart the two terms can be.

Example :

juvenile near4 courts

   $ Retrieves all terms beginning with the same root. The $ may replace more than one character. Must be used at the end of a word. You may specify the number of characters you want the computer to find.

   ? Takes the place of one character. It maybe used in the middle or at the end of a word.

Example :	comput$
Finds words such as computer, computers, computing, computation.

Example :	alcohol$2
Finds words with 0 to 2 characters following the l, including alcohol or alcoholic, but not alcoholism.

Example :	wom?n
Finds woman or women.

Example :

(television or TV) and advertising not (children or youth or teen$)

Adding parentheses to a search tells the computer in which order keywords should be searched. Without parentheses, the computer will search the most specific operator first. The sequence from most to least specific is: adj, near, with, same, and, not, xor, or.

To search for an operator as a word, put it in quotes (" ").

Examples :	"not" by bread alone
	"near" death

These include:
a, an, as, at, be, but, by, do, for, if, in, is, it, of, on, the, to

To search for a stop word as a word, put it in quotes (" ").

Example :

"the" (French word for tea)

A variety of punctuation may be used when searching.

Parentheses ( )

Use parentheses to nest search terms together. Search terms contained within the parentheses will be conducted first and the results will them be compared with the terms outside the parentheses.

Examples :	(iraq or Kuwait) and oil
	(English and Poetry) not criticism

Braces/Curly Brackets { }

Braces are used to specify a search term in a specific field of a record. Braces may be used only in Keywords Anywhere searches.

Example :

faulkner {au} and dying {ti}

Paired Single Quotes ' '

Paired single quotes are used to enclose a phrase to search for it exactly as it is typed. The words must all appear in the order entered and adjacent to each other.

Examples :	'free trade'
	'multicultural education'

Paired Double Quotes " "

To search for stop words and Boolean or positional operators as search terms.

Examples :	"the" (French word for tea)
	"not" by bread alone

Dollar Sign $

The dollar sign is used as a truncation symbol at the end of a word to replace one or more characters. You may specify the number of characters you want the computer to find.

Example :	comput$
finds words such as computer, computers, computing, computation

Example :	alcohol$2
finds words with 0 to 2 characters following the l, including alcohol or alcoholic, but not alcoholism.

Question Mark ?

The question mark is used to replace one character. It may be used in the middle or the end of a word.

Example :	wom?n
finds woman or women

Greater Than >, Less Than <, Equal to =, Greater Than or Equal to >=

These symbols are use for relational searching in Keywords Anywhere or to input dates in the Publication Year limit.

Example :

internet and pbyr > 1998

You may search for fields in either Keyword search or Advanced search.

Always use a Keywords Anywhere search to search for field tags. Some tags will not work in a specific type of keyword search.

Type the search term followed by the MARC tag in curly brackets { }

Examples :	bach {100, 700}
to find bach in the author main entry and added entry fields
	wiley {260)
to find wiley in the publisher field
	courage {505}
to find courage in a contents note

For a complete list of MARC tags, try:
MARC [Machine Readable Catalog] Field Tag Outline

You may sort result sets of up to 999 records. You may sort these on the following:

Author
Title
Publication Year (earlier year to latest year)
-Publication Year (reverse chronological order, latest first)