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Leave out 'a', 'the', 'le', 'la', 'el', 'die',
and other articles at the beginning of a title.
Just enter the first few words.
Capitalization and punctuation are not necessary,
except hyphens.
Examples:
| Title: |
Search
command: |
| The Hitchhiker's
Guide to Calculus |
hitchhikers
guide |
| Censorhip in
America: a Reference Handbook |
censorship
in america |
|
Enter the surname first.
Capitalization and punctuation do not matter.
Use author search to look for authors, editors,
artists, illustrators, translators, corporations,
and organizaitons.
Names in different cultures may present difficulties.
In some cultures, the surname comes first (ex.
Mao Tse-Tung). In other cultures, there are connecting
words like von or de before the surname (ex. Otto
von Bismark).
Examples:
| Author: |
Author
Search command: |
| John W. Snapper |
snapper,
john |
| J. R. R.
Tolkien |
tolkien |
| The World
Chess Federation |
world chess
federation |
|
When you search by Subject you are searching a
formal set of vocabulary called 'Library of Congress
Subject Headings.' Librarians assign Subject Headings
to each book describing what the book is about.
You must know the exact LCSH subject heading
in order to do a subject search.
If you do not know the exact subject heading
assigned to your topic, use a keyword search instead.
Examples:
| Your
topic : |
Subject
Browse command: |
| computer circuits
|
computers
-- circuits |
|
Your topic: |
Keyword
Search command: |
| psychological
causes of anorexia |
anorexia
psychology |
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