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  • This search looks for matches in all fields of the catalog record (title, author, description, table of contents, subject headings, etc.)
  • Use Boolean operators to combine keywords and improve your search
  • This is the broadest type of search, so it is often a good way to start outyou should get a good idea of how much material is available on a subject.

Broad searches like the "alcohol abuse" search below can be focused by inserting AND followed by an idea that will limit the search, like: "alcohol abuse" AND college

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  • This search should be used if you know a specific book title
  • Don't include leading words like "the" or "a"

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  • This search will find works by an author, editor, actor, or director
  • Search by "Lastname, Firstname", i.e., angelou, maya
  • If you want books about a person but not written by them, search for their name by Subject

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  • Subject headings search the catalog by Library of Congress subject headings
  • This type of search works well if you are browsing for a particular subject that you know or a broad term
    • If your search results are too limited, try using the same subject heading terms in a keyword search.

The Browse feature displaying in the top right of the Library Catalog, allows for