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author/creators. |
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Basic Search -
Author/Creator
- Personal authors and creators include editors, performers,
photographers, artists, etc.
- Group authors and creators include corporate
entities, government bodies, conferences, etc.
** If you are looking for materials about
someone (real or fictional), or about a government body,
company, or organization, use the Subject
Browse search option.
NOTE:
Search limits are not available.
Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT)
are not available.
Author/Creator Search Examples:
Name type . . . |
Search Example . . . |
personal name |
steinbeck john |
compound last name |
de la mare walter |
government agency |
united states congressional budget office |
organization |
battelle memorial institute |
company |
american telephone and telegraph |
conference |
conference on teaching creative writing |
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References and Scope Notes:
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to catalog records, but will supply the user with links to related
headings or scope notes (marked with the icon) as illustrated in the
screen below.
More detailed information on References and Scope Notes is available.
Alternative Search Options:
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search, try a Command or a Guided search and
type in whatever information you know. For example, if you
do not know the specific name of a conference, try a Command
search using what you do know (e.g., part of the name
of the conference, location, and date: peace
AND conference AND paris AND 1920).
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