A Basic Search -
Title retrieves materials by title in the exact word
order of the search. |
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Basic Search - Title
TITLE SEARCHES FIND...
- main title of a single work (I Know Why the Caged
Bird Sings)
- main title of a periodical or serial (New York Times,
Journal of Food Quality) and,
- title of works in a series (Time-Life Student Library)
NOTE:
Search limits are available.
Boolean
operators (AND, OR, NOT)
are not available.
Title Search Examples:
To retrieve the Title . . . |
You can enter. . . |
The Name of the Rose |
name of the rose |
Flatland: a romance of many dimensions |
flatland |
Symphony, no. 39, in E flat, K. 543. |
symphony no 39 in e flat |
2001 : a space odyssey. |
2001 a space |
"Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!" : adventures of a curious
character |
surely youre joking |
Dictionary of Literary Biography |
dictionary of literary biography |
¿Cómo es la luna? |
como es la luna |
Search Tips:
- Always omit initial articles (a, an, the, das, el, la, etc.)
in any language.
- Always omit initial punctuation in any language (e.g., quotation
marks, ¿). Also, replace other punctuation with a space.
(Exception: drop apostrophes and close up the space.) See
examples, above.
- If searching the full title does not produce satisfactory results,
enter only the first few words of the title.
- crito (for Crito; a Socratic dialogue
or Crito; or, A dialogue on beauty )
- dr jekyll (for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
or Dr. Jekyll agus Mr. Hyde)
- new directions in ed (for New directions in
education)
- what do you care what (for What do YOU care
what other people think?)
- Consider alternate forms of title words:
- initials, acronyms, abbreviations (e.g., us or united
states)
- numbers (e.g., 10 or ten)
- one word or two (e.g., healthcare or health care)
- spelling variations (e.g., color or colour)
- similar concepts (e.g., british or english)
- word variations (e.g., email or e-mail)
- Searches are automatically truncated and retrieve catalog records
that begin with the words or phrases you enter. Do not use the
question mark (?) for truncation.
Alternative Search Options:
When the exact title word order is not known, try either
a Command Keyword or a Guided
Search using the words of the title you do know with Boolean
operators (e.g., yearbook AND anthropology).
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