Use Guided Search
to retrieve materials by keyword, present anywhere in the catalog
record, or only in specific fields (e.g., author, title, publisher,
etc.). |
Guided Search
A Guided Keyword search is especially helpful when you are looking
for specific items but do not know the initial words of a title
or a person's complete name; or when you wish to create a precise
search strategy, combining or excluding search words or phrases.
The Guided Keyword search screen consists of two sets of Search/Attribute
sets, and the ability to tie them together with Boolean
operators:
![](images/guided-search.gif)
- Set Search Limits (if desired) before constructing the
search.
- Enter search word or phrase in the Search:
box
- Select all of these, any of these, or as
a phrase from the drop-down list
- Select an index name
from the As: drop-down list (Keyword
Anywhere is the default index and performs the broadest search)
- Select Begin Search to get results, or
- Select AND, OR, or NOT and fill in the next set
of Search: boxes.
* Search results sort order varies with index choice.
Guided Search Examples:
The Guided Search is very flexible, allowing for a wide variety
of search word and phrase combinations, as illustrated in the examples
below (for more examples and details, see the Help Screen on
Guided Search Index Codes):
Example 1:
![Example of a search for saint louis as a subject](images/guide-ex1.gif)
Example 2:
![Example screen of a search for shakespeare as a personal names and harcourt at the publisher](images/guide-ex2.gif)
Example 3:
Use the browser's [Back] button to resume
searching.
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