Keyword Search Help:

A KEYWORD search will seek words in titles, authors, subjects, notes, etc. Use quotations to search exact phrases. Boolean OR and NOT can be used to expand and narrow search results. Use an asterisk (*) to search word variations.

Examples:

• board books
• Rimas infantiles
• Teaching Spanish
• Poesia Poesia

Author Search Help:

Type the name of a person, organization, musical group, etc.

Examples:

• Person (last name first)
  • Walsh, Maria Elena
  • Sierra i Fabra, Jordi
• Organizations
  • Federacion de Gremios de Editores de Espana
  • Real Academia Espanola
• Musical group
  • Beatles

Title Search Help:

Type as much or as little of the TITLE as you want. Do not type initial articles for best results. If exact title is unknown, try a KEYWORD/SUBJECT search.

Examples:

• Tito, Tito
• CLIJ
• A medianoche
• La vida

Subject Heading Search Help:

Type as much or as little of the SUBJECT as you want

Examples:

• Bilingual
• Mexico

Form / Genre Search help:

Genre and Form categorize what something is, while Subject categorizes what something is about. Type as much or as little of the GENRE or FORM as you want. If you are not sure of the form or genre heading, try a SUBJECT search.

Examples:

• Electronic journals
• Foreign language films
• Newspapers

Call Number Search Help

Type as much of the number as you know

Examples:

• 972
• 599.5
• 398.208997 C352

Standard Number (ISSN/ISBN)Search Help:

Type as much or as little of the ISBN / ISSN Number as you want.

Examples:

• 1234-5678
• 12345678
• 012-56789-123
• 012-5678