Introduction

Quick Search

Complex Search

Call Number Browse

More on keyword searching

• Precise phrase searching
• Substitution and truncation
• Operators
• Operator precedence
• Nesting
• Stopwords

Searching for:

• Authors
• Titles
• Periodical Titles
• Subjects

Advanced searching

• Fields

Printing, e-mailing or downloading search results

• Use the checkboxes to mark records for viewing, printing, e-mailing or downloading.

  The maximum number of records may be printed, e-mailed or downloaded at one time is 50. If you anticipate saving more than 50 records, note the record numbers on scratch paper rather than marking them.
  

• Select the Print/E-mail button at the top or bottom of a search results screen.

  If records were marked, the record numbers will transfer into the resulting form.

  If no records were marked, the form will default to the first record in a results set. Type in the desired record numbers, using a hyphen to designate ranges and commas to separate numbers (for example: 1-2,9,12,14).

Records marked in one search will not be carried over into other searches.

• Select the type of output, view of records, and sort key. If CALLNUMBER is selected as the sort key, select ASCENDING or DESCENDING.

Selecting FORMATTED records reproduces the way the records look in Acorn; FLAT ASCII yields unformatted text with MARC record field numbers instead of textual field labels such as author, title, etc.

Selecting BRIEF view retrieves only basic citation information: author, title, publication information, series and call number. FULL view adds ISBN/ISSN, notes, and subject headings. ALL adds specialized cataloging information such as the cataloging source, fixed fields, additional call numbers, etc.

• Click on one of the four buttons: VIEW, SAVE, PRINT, or EMAIL. Note that SAVE and PRINT yield new pages that must be printed or saved using browser functions.