(rev. 3/28/02)
Bibliographic record ID (Retrieve by record id à bibliographic), eg 3330359 (Wilson, Edmund. Axel’s castle)
Barcode (Retrieve by barcode), eg 39002042219171 (Brittain, Vera. On becoming a writer)
Orbis1 key (Original system number 0359), eg FGH3857 (A century of Russian ballet)
RLIN number (System number 035a), eg CTYV85-A1526 (Yale University Law School administrative records)
Can search with or without “(CStRLIN)”
Must include hyphen
OCLC number (System number 035a), eg ocm35306059 (Browning, Graeme. Electronic democracy)
Can search with or without “(Ocolc)”
ISBN (020a), eg 0809015498 (Hughes, Langston. The big sea)
LCCN (010a), eg 73020419 (Editorial research reports on the future of the city)
Do not substitue a hypen for the third character
ISSN (022a), eg 0022-3344
(Journal of Pacific history)
Hyphen: include or substitute a space
Publisher number (028a), eg b. & h. 8728 (Brahms, Johannes.
String quartet, score), 14069 (Rebel Without a Cause, videdorecording)
Periods: include or substitute spaces
Must include ampersand
Known title (Title), eg when we were very young
Boolean
operators included in a title do not affect retrieval (eg to be or not to be)
Known title
with apostrophe or hyphen (Title), eg italian american whos who (for
“Italian-American Who’s Who”)
Hyphen: include or substitute a
space
Apostrophe: include or leave out with
no space
Known title
with other symbols (Title)
eg one + one (Must include “+”)
eg one/one (Must include “/”)
Known uniform title (Staff Title Headings Search), eg bible n. t. english & greek 1995
Periods: include or substitute spaces
Must
include ampersand
Known journal title (Title), eg american libraries
Known title main entry (Staff Title Headings Search), eg journal of medical education
Known author (Staff Names Headings Search), eg stein gertrude 1874 1946 à highlight name à click OK
Dates: omit or
include to narrow search
Commas: omit or include
Hyphens: include or substitute a space
Know author
with apostrophe, hyphen, or parentheses (Staff Names Headings Search),
eg danjou leo (“for D’Anjou, Leo”), prys jones a g arthur glyn (for
“Prys-Jones, A. G. (Arthur Glyn)”)
Hyphen: include or substitute a
space
Apostrophe: include or leave out with
no space
Parentheses: include or substitute
spaces
Known author/title (Staff Name/Title Headings Search), eg
mozart wolfgang amadeus 1756 1791 nozze di figaro à highlight name/title heading à click OK
Subfields may be separated by a space or any combination of spaces and/or hyphens
Known call number (Mfhd Call Number), eg ps3231w55 (Winwar, Francis. American giant)
Known
government document call number (Mfhd Call Number, with Heading Types
Filter=Government Documents), eg td 4.83 (Future federal aviation
administration telecommunications plan)
Leave period in; can search with or
without space after alpha characters and with or without colon at end
Name authority (Staff Names Headings Search), eg stein gertrude 1874 1946 à highlight “Authorized” heading à click “Authority” button à Highlight heading à click OK
Name/title authority (Staff Name/Title Headings Search), eg
mozart wolfgang amadeus 1756 1791 nozze di figaro à highlight “Authorized” heading à click “Authority” button à Highlight heading à click OK
Subfields may
be separated by a space or any combination of spaces and/or hyphens Series authority (Staff Title Headings
Search), eg music of our century à highlight “Authorized” heading à click
“Authority” button à Highlight
heading à click OK
Subject (Staff Subject Headings Search), eg american literature
Subject with
subdivision
(Staff Subject Headings Search), eg american literature history and criticism
Subfields may be separated by a
space or any combination of spaces and/or hyphens
Local subject, eg vechten
[in Local Subjects] AND bookplate [in Local Subjects] (for “692:14: |a Van Vechten, Carl, |d 1880-1964 |x
Bookplate.”)