IUCAT QuickStart: Sample Keyword Searches

Enter: dinosaur and fossil

Select: keyword anywhere

Results: list of records that contain both the word dinosaur and the word fossil

Enter: dinosaur and fossil

Select Library: South Bend Schurz Library

Select: keyword anywhere

Results: list of records that contain both the word dinosaur and the word fossil for materials located in the Schurz Library at IU South Bend.

Enter: hoagy carmichael

Select: Author

Results: records with "Hoagy Carmichael" listed as the author

Note: this search will retrieve records for books, sound recordings and printed music that list Hoagy Carmichael as author/composer. The same results would occur if the search were entered "carmichael hoagy."

Enter: wind

Select: Title

Results: records where the title contains the word "wind"

Note: the word wind can appear anywhere in the title, it does not have to be the first word in the title. Gone With the Wind and Wind in the Willows are two of the titles that could be retrieved with this search.

Enter: time

Select Periodical Title

Results: records for periodicals (journals, magazines, newspapers and other items in the serials category) that contain the word "time" in the title.

Note: Almanacs are considered periodicals/serials, so Time Almanac will appear in the results list.

Enter: women culture

Select: Series

Results: a list of titles that are part of the Women and Culture series.

Note: to see the information about the series, click on display for any of the records, change the display to "long."

Enter: afro american biography

Select: Subject

Results: records where the words "afro" and "american" and "biography" appear in the official Library of Congress Subject Heading.

Note: subject headings retrieved by this search include: "afro-american legislators--biography," "afro-american college students--biography."

Enter: neoplasms therapy

Select: Medical Subject

Results: records where the word "neoplasms" and the word "therapy" appear somewhere in a Medical Subject Heading (MeSH).

Note: Many, but not all, items with MeSH will be located in the Indianapolis-Ruth Lilly Medical Library (I-Med).