Keyword Search (on the catalogue home page)

Allows you to find records quickly.

• Enter the keywords you would like to search on.

Tip: 

• Use the title and the author surname for a more targeted search.
• Don’t include prepositions in your search e.g. the, and etc. It will reduce the number of irrelevant search results you get.
• Select the collection from the drop-down or leave as Full catalogue if you would like to see all collections.
• Enter or click the Search icon.

Advanced Search

Use Advanced Search if you have more details of the item you're looking for or if you want to search on a particular field e.g. Series Title, Publication Year or Language.

Use the drop-down boxes to:

• Select your search criteria e.g. Author.
• Contains, is a phrase or an exact match of the search term. 
• Add an operator to join two search terms e.g. and, not or or.
• Include additional information such as ISBN.

You also have different search options on the left-hand menu on the Advanced Search page.

• Quick search
  • Phrase – find items with the words you have entered in a sequence
  • Exact match – find items matching only the words you have entered
  • Fuzzy – with anywhere selected, fuzzy search option will find records containing any of the terms or forms of the terms entered.
• Title.
• Author.
• Subject.
• Advanced.
• Issues.

If you are unsure about the Title or Author name, you can use Browse which will return a list of similar search results.