Advanced Search provides more sophisticated search options than a Standard Search. You can use Advanced Search to specify where to search for the words (i.e., in the title, subject, or full text of the book or journal article). For information about each Advanced Search option, see Advanced Search Options.
To begin an Advanced Search
Click the Search tab, then click New Search.
Use the Advanced Search portion of the screen.
Enter your search into any
or all of the fields. (Title, Author, Subject, Publisher, Content
of the entire publication)
Notes
You can search any one of these fields, or any combination of the fields. The service looks for books and articles that meet the requirements for all the fields that have been completed.
You cannot use Boolean operators(AND, OR, NOT) in the Advanced Search.
Make a selection in the drop-down list for how you want your search words to be treated. For example, select any of these words you want to search the library for any of the words in the search box. See Advanced Search Options for more information.
In the Publication Year fields, do one of the following.
To search all works regardless of publication date, leave all of the boxes blank.
To search for works published before, but not during, a certain year, type the year in the Before box.
To search for works published after, but not during, a certain year, type the year in the After box.
To search for works published in one year only, type the year in the Exact box.
Select the media type if you want. (The default setting is to search for all media types.)
Click the Search button below the search form. The results appear on the Search Results page.
Example
Let us assume you are looking for a recently published book that you remember had "women" and "warriors" in the title. In the Title box, type women warriors. Select All the words. In the After box, type 1990. Click Search. A book titled "Women Warriors"published after 1990 is listed on the Search Results page.
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