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Overview
More information about remote searching will be forthcoming.
Remainder of information is acting as a placeholder.
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Example
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23 baseball
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Indicates there are 23 records associated with the term baseball
as a subject heading
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If the Browse search does not find an exact match for the word(s)
entered, it places you in the alphabetical sequence of entries
nearest the place your entry would occur if it were there.
Click on any of the headings to see the records associated with
that heading. Use Previous and Next on the navigation
bar to move between the screens.
Entering Words in the Search Box
Type your word(s) in the box. Think about the
fields you wish to search when entering the word(s) in the box.
The system is not case sensitive, it does not matter if you capitalize
proper nouns.
Author
Author will search only the author fields of a record.
Included are personal names, organizations, agencies, corporation, conferences, etc.
Type an individual last name or part of last name:
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Examples
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hemingway or heming
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beethoven
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The item that best matches your search will appear on the second lines of the
Browse Results screen.
For common names, include all or part of the first name to narrow your search.
For contracted surnames include the apostrophe or exclude it without leaving a space.
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Examples
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o'connor or oconnor flan
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l'estrange or lestrange
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For hyphenated names you may or may not include the hyphen.
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Examples
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birket-smith or birket smith
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shachar-levi or shachar levi
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Organizations or corporations might be authors:
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Examples
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american medical association
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microsoft corporation
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Title
Title will search only the title fields of a record.
Do not use initial articles: a, the, la, das, etc.
Type the beginning words of a title.
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Examples
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old man in the sea
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scarlet letter
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The item that best matches your search will appear on the second lines of the
Browse results screen.
Periodical Title
Periodical Title will search only in the title fields of a
Journal, magazine, newspaper, etc. record. Do not use initial articles: a, the,
la, das, etc.
Type the beginning words of a journal title.
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Examples
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journal of information and design
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at and design
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The item that best matches your search will appear on the second lines of the
Browse results screen.
Series
Series will search only in the series fields of a record.
Type the beginning words in a series.
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Examples
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SUNY Series Women in Education
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Subject
Subject will search only the official Library of Congress
Subject Headings (LCSH), Medical Subject headings (MeSH), and/or local subject
headings fields in a record.
Type the beginning words of s subject heading.
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Examples
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french literature
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afro american
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Medical Subject
Medical Subject will search only the official Medical Subject headings
(MeSH) fields in a record.
Type the beginning words of a medical subject heading.
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Examples
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twins
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central nervous system
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Limiting to a Library
Limiting your search to a specific library is optional.
The options are to select ALL to search all libraries, select a defined
grouping of libraries or to select one library.
When limiting a search to a group of libraries or 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 drop-down list of libraries is divided into two parts.
The first part includes the defined groupings of libraries that may be
searched. For example, you may now search all of the Bloomington
libraries or all of the Indianapolis libraries together in a single search.
The second part begins below the double line and 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 three exceptions, East, Northwest and Southeast listed as East, Northwest and Southeast,
not Richmond, 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.
Choosing a Field to Search
Each library item has a bibliographic record that
is indexed by author, title, series, subject, etc.
Clicking on the field to search will initiate the search.
In a Browse search you may choose to search:
Author to search only the author fields of a record.
Included are personal names, organizations, agencies, corporation, conferences, etc.
Title to search only in the title fields of a record.
Periodical Title to search only in the title fields of a
journal, magazine, newspaper, etc. record.
Series to search only in the series fields in a record.
Subject to search only the official Library of Congress
ubject Headings (LCSH), Medical Subject headings, and/or local
subject headings fields in a record.
Medical Subject to search only the official Medical Subject
Headings (MeSH) fields.
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