Basic Search Tips

Search Options

Brief Help

Subject: use this option to conduct a subject / keyword search.

Enter a standard subject heading or any keyword: production management

- Start with the left-most word: Marketing --Europe -- Management

- Do not omit punctuation: Greece -- History (especially double-hyphens in subject subdivisions, or accent marks)

- Enter the double hyphens between subjects or subdivisions, leaving spaces: Psychology (space) -- (space) Research

- Truncation is automatic if you type only part of the first keyword.

Name: Use this option to retrieve items written by a specific person.

- For personal names, enter: Last, First Name (or Initials): Drucker, Peter F.

- Truncation is automatic if you type only the author’s last name.

Call Number: Type a Dewey Classification Number to retrieve a specific title.

- Enter the whole classification number: 658.5 LOG

- Enter spacing and punctuation accurately: 150 GLE 5^th ed.

Title: Use this option if you know the first or any words in the title.

- Enter all or initial part of title, starting with the first word: Communication and interpersonal relations

- Omit initial articles (a, the) and punctuation (", !) in any language.

- Truncation is automatic.

Category: Use the category option to limit the search to a specific part of the collection.

- Type a specific subject category to browse through: Computer Science

Title and/or Category: Use the Combine option to narrow your search scope.

- Enter all or initial part of title, starting with the first word: Psychology and the world of work (omit initial articles, such as, a, the, etc, and punctuation,", !)

AND combine with

- A the specific subject category: Psychology