Butler University Libraries' Catalog Help
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BASIC SEARCH The 'ALL KEYWORDS' search looks for words that might appear anywhere in the catalog's description of the item. You should use this type of search if:
The 'ALL KEYWORDS' search might retrieve more results than you need, and
it might also retrieve results that are not relevant
to your topic/author/title. However, it is a good place to start if you don't
have the exact information on what you are looking for. How do I use BASIC SEARCH? - Simply type your key words in the box labeled 'Enter
word or phrase:' and click on the SEARCH button.
MORE ON BASIC SEARCH
Title Keywords - words
that appear in any part of the title of an item (in any order)
Title starts with [omit initial article]
- the exact words that appear in the title part of an item
(in order)
Author Keywords - word
or words that appear in the author part of an item
(in any order)
Exact Author [last name, first name]
- the exact last name of the author, followed by the first
Subject Keywords - word
or words that appear in the subject of an item
There are other options on the BASIC SEARCH pull-down menu. For help with these and ADVANCED SEARCH features, please ask a librarian. OPTIONAL LIMITS
By Library - the default will search both libraries; use the pull down menu to limit your search to the Science Library or to the Irwin Library By Location - Choose from the pull down menu to limit your search to Periodicals, Reference materials, the Browsing Collection, and more. By Format - limit your search to Scores, Videos & DVD's, Sound Recordings, Books, etc. By Language - use the pull down menu to limit your search to items in French, German, Italian or others. By Date - type a four-digit year (for example: 1995) to limit to a specific year, or use the '?' symbol at the end to limit to a particular decade or century. (for example 199? will retrieve items published in the 1990s and 18?? Will retrieve items from 1800-1899). You can use multiple limits on the same search. By using several of the limits together, you can make your search more specific - you can search for scores in German, published in the 1990s. USING TRUNCATION
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For more detailed information about all possible ways to search and utilize the catalog, read below: BROWSE SEARCH
Choose the index you'd like to browse, and enter the text from which you'd like to start browsing. This text will appear at the top of a scrollable list. For example, entering 'A' will give you an alphabetical list starting at 'A'. Entering 'great' will give you an alphabetical list starting from 'great'. You will then be able to scroll down to entries such as Great Britain and Great Danes. The Browse List displays an alphabetical list of entries, shows the number of items for each entry and indicates whether or not there are cross-references for the entry. Click on an underlined entry to see the associated items for an entry. If you find an indented 'See :' link, you should use that phrase to search for the Subject or Author. PREVIOUS SEARCHES
Select a search and view the list of items in that result set. Narrow or widen your search by crossing sets. Delete sets from the list. In addition, you may choose to return to the last browse list of headings (titles, authors, subjects, etc.) referenced. A List of Items is displayed as a result of a Basic or Advanced Search, or from a Browse List by clicking on an underlined entry. You can also choose a previous List of Items by selecting Previous Searches. Various actions may be performed on a List of Items, such as sorting and adding items to your basket. If your List of Items includes more than 600, you cannot sort the list by any of the available options. In the Full Description, you have the option to see the item's information in a variety of formats including Citation Format, which will allow you to easily cut and paste the information into a bibliography for footnote. (MARC tags are helpful for library staff only.) The Full Description has links that allow you to jump to:
You can only request items that are currently checked out. You can either log into the catalog first (with the 'My Library Card' option) or log in once you have found an item you want, by clicking on the 'Request' link under the Action column from the Detailed Holdings page. MY LIBRARY CARD You can log in to the Catalog with your Campus ID (including the last two digits) as your username and your regular Network ID as your password. DETAILED SEARCH INFORMATION
The ? character may be placed at the left, right or middle of a portion of a word, but it can never be used more than once in a text string. The # symbol can be used to find variant spellings in cases where one version of the word has one more characters than another version. For example, colo#r will find both color and colour ; and arch#eology will find both archaeology and archeology. The % symbol, followed by a number, may be placed between two words to indicate that you want the words to appear within a particular distance from each other, and you don't care in what order the words appear. For example, england%3ballads will retrieve Ballads of England , Ballads of Merry Olde England and England and Her Ballads. The ! character , followed by a number, may be placed between two words to indicate that you want the words to appear within a particular distance from each other, and in the same order in which you type the words. In this case, ballads !3 england will retrieve Ballads of England and Ballads of Merry Olde England but not England and Her Ballads. |