Simple Search: Help

The Simple Search screen allows you to search by either title, author, keyword, or subject; scroll down to find more search options: call number, by ranked keyword, author (sorted by title), uniform title and special collections subject.

Enter your search word or phrase in the Search for: box, then select the type of search you wish to do in the Search in: box adjacent to it. To clear your choices and start over, press the Clear button. Click on Search or press the Enter key to perform the search.

You may choose another search method by selecting the Advanced Search tab.

The Records per page box on the lower left controls the number of lines displayed on each screen in your Search Results.

Two types of search limits are available in Orbis. 

Quick Limits, which are found within the Simple Search page, are used to apply a single limit to your current search. For example, you can limit your search to just books (thereby excluding journals, videorecordings, etc. from your search results), online books, or to materials published in English. 

More Limits offers several further options for limiting searches.  Using this option you can limit your search to a particular date of publication, language, item type, medium, or library collection.  Click on the button, and select the desired limits from the Search Limits screen.

Note:

• Quick Limits and More Limits can be used with Title, Keyword, and Ranked Keyword searches.  Limits cannot be used with Author (sorted by name or title), Subject, or Call Number searches.
• Limits are retained between searches until cleared by clicking the Clear Limits button before starting a new search.
• To combine a Quick Limit with selections from More Limits, go to More Limits first and make your choices there, then go back to the search box and choose a Quick Limit before searching.