How do I use Advanced Search?

STRATEGIES | EXAMPLES| ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Advanced Search supports advanced keyword; browse searching; and other types of searching.  It's the best choice when you know the author, title, or subject or are familiar with search concepts and can form complex search queries.

STRATEGIES

Advanced Keyword Searching

• Type your search words in the box to perform a Keyword search (the default in the pull-down menu).  InfoLinQ™ will search for catalog records containing all your search words.

Using the pull-down menu, select

• Author (Keyword).  Type the author’s first and last name (or just their last name) to perform an Author search.

• itle (Keyword).  Type words from the title to perform a Title search.

• Subject (Keyword).  Type words from the subject to perform a Subject search.

• Publisher (Keyword).  Type all or part of a publisher's name to perform a Publisher search.  

Using the pull-down menu (right), select

• “And” when you want two or more search terms to be in the same catalog records

•      “Or” when you want at least one of the search terms to be in the catalog records

•   “Not” when you want one search term to be in the catalog record, but not the other

Using the pull-down menus (bottom), refine your search results by

•    Format, language, and/or date

 

Browse Searching

• Click on the “Browse Search” tab.  After the words “Browse for,” type in the beginning words of the Title (default is set to search “Title…Start of title”).  Then, click Search.

• To Browse by Author, type in the last name of the author and click “Author…Start of Last Name.”  Then, click Search.

• To Browse by Subject, type in the first part of the subject and click “Subject…Start of Subject.”  Then, click Search.

• Review the Index and/or choose “Next Page.”  Click the link that shows number of titles to view the list of available titles.

 

Additional Search Choices

• If you know the ISBN, Call Number, or Database Control No., select these tabs from the Advanced Search page.  Enter the number and click SEARCH.

EXAMPLES

Example 1: Keyword & Publisher Search using AND

The following example demonstrates a combined Keyword & Publisher search using “AND.” The keywords encyclopedia and health will both appear somewhere in the catalog record and the Publisher (keyword) Gale will appear somewhere in the Publisher Field.  By using “AND,” all three of these search words will appear in the catalog record.

 

Keyword Author/Artist/Actor Title Subject Publisher

 

And Or Not

 

Publisher

 

And Or Not

 

Example 2: Author & Title Search using OR

The following example demonstrates a combined Author & Title search using “OR.”  There is one author, Dr. Seuss, and two titles. The "OR" is used to look for either Cat in the Hat or Green Eggs and Ham.  Both titles are not required; only one needs to be present for this search to be successful.  It is not necessary to type the entire title, only keywords are necessary.

Keyword Author/Artist/Actor Title Subject Publisher

 

And Or Not

 

Keyword Author/Artist/Actor Title Subject Publisher

 

And Or Not

 

Keyword Author/Artist/Actor Title Subject Publisher

 

And Or Not

 

Example 3: Author & Subject Search using NOT

The following example demonstrates a combined Author & Subject search using “NOT.”  This search will find items written about William Shakespeare but NOT those written by him.

Keyword Author/Artist/Actor Title Subject Publisher

 

And Or Not

 

Keyword Author/Artist/Actor Title Subject Publisher

 

And Or Not

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Sorting

• Click the Title, Author, or Year headings located at the top of the table of retrieved results to choose the type of sort you wish to perform.

Case Insensitivity

• All searches are case insensitive. Search results are the same for Michael Jackson or MICHAEL JACKSON or michael jackson. 

Punctuation

• Punctuation is optional. Apostrophes (') are not necessary. MONSTERS BALL obtains the same results as MONSTER'S BALL. Also, using a hyphen (-) is preferred for hyphenated words such as CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING or JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME, but not required.

Reading List

• The Reading List feature is only available when using the “Advanced Keyword Search” or “Browse Search.”   Perform a search using either of these two methods.  Then, to select titles for your Reading List, click in the box to the left of those titles. 

• When you are done reviewing the results of your search, simply click on the tab called “Reading List,” which is to the right of the Search Results tab.  Click on the highlighted link that reads “View this Reading List in Printer-Friendly Format.”  Then use the Printer icon on your browser to print the Reading List.