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Quick search

    1. Type a search into the Enter term(s) box,
    2. Select a SEARCH TYPE, and
    3. Click on the button for the FIELD of the catalog record in which your search terms should appear.

KEYWORD searches for a word or combination of words almost anywhere in the Acorn database:

Search type:

with these field selections:

retrieves:

notes:

KEYWORD

KEYWORD ANYWHERE

a list of all records containing the search term(s)

construct search using operators, nesting and/or truncation

omit all punctuation

KEYWORD

AUTHOR
TITLE
PERIODICAL TITLE
SUBJECT
MEDICAL SUBJECT
SERIES

a list of all records containing the search term(s) in the selected field

construct search using operators, nesting and/or truncation

omit all punctuation

use field limits carefully

BEGINS WITH and BROWSE search alphabetically arranged indexes of all of the authors, titles, subject headings and series in the Acorn database:

Search type:

with these field selections:

retrieves:

notes:

BROWSE

AUTHOR
TITLE
PERIODICAL TITLE
SUBJECT
MEDICAL SUBJECT
SERIES

an alphabetical list of authors, titles, subjects, etc. that begin with or most closely match the search term(s)

results can be browsed forward or backward indefinitely

enter terms in the exact order desired

include hyphens in compound words or proper nouns, such as moby-dick or post-traumatic

omit other punctuation

BEGINS WITH AUTHOR
TITLE
PERIODICAL TITLE
SUBJECT
MEDICAL SUBJECT
SERIES
an alphabetical list of authors, titles, subjects, etc. that begin with the search term(s)

use to find known authors, titles, etc.

enter terms in the exact order desired

include hyphens in compound words or proper nouns, such as moby-dick or post-traumatic

omit other punctuation