The following table offers searching shortcuts to use with your search term.
Searching Shortcut |
Results |
author:"[search term]" or au:"[search term]" |
author field search |
note:"[search term]" or no:"[search term]" |
note field search |
subject:"[search term]" or su:"[search term]" |
subject field search |
seriestitle:"[search term]" or se:"[search term]" |
series search |
tag:"[search term]" |
search of tagged words |
title:"[search term]" or ti:"[search term]" |
title field search, including Tags |
isbn: [number] or actual number |
ISBN search |
upc: [number] or actual number |
UPC search |
bid: [number] or recordid: [number] |
Bibliographic Identifier (CARL) or Record Number (LS) search |
* |
multiple character wildcard |
~ |
terms similar in spelling |
AND or && or + |
retrieve titles containing all of the terms |
OR or || |
retrieve titles containing any of the terms |
NOT or ! or - |
retrieve titles containing only one term but not the other term |
Shortcut Guidelines
All shortcuts are case specific with the exception of ISBNs, ISSNs and UPCs. Do NOT use any spaces between the shortcut and the search term.
To search using a multiple character wildcard place an asterisk (*) where you would like to find a string of characters. For example, if you type ba*n, you might retrieve results for Batman, Bergman, Bunyan.
Note: Do NOT use an asterisk as the first character of a search.
To search for a term similar in spelling, type your term and then place a tilde (~) at the end of your term. For example, if you type clap~, you might retrieve results for clop, clip, claw.
Using Boolean Operators
To search using a Boolean Operator (AND, &&, +, OR, ||, NOT, !, -), you must type the shortcut as shown in the table above. Failure to capitalize the Boolean Operator will be looked upon as a title.
AND - To find two search terms, moon and sun, you would type moon AND sun. In addition, you could also type moon && sun or moon + sun to retrieve the same results
OR - To find either search term, moon or sun, you would type moon OR sun. In addition, you could also type moon || sun to retrieve the same results.
NOT - To find only one term and not another, only moon and not sun, you would type moon NOT sun. In addition, you could also type moon ! sun or moon - sun to retrieve the same results.
More than one Boolean Operator can be used at a time; for example, sun AND moon NOT stars. This also works for searching multiple tags. If you wanted to search for tagged items 'sun and moon', you would type tag:"sun" AND tag:"moon".