LSU Libraries - Online Catalog Tutorial

CONTENTS:
Introduction
Catalog Options
Database - Records - Fields
Searching
"Keyword" Searching
"Browse" Searching
"Exact" Searching
Subject vs. Keywords Anywhere searches

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Advanced Searching
Building Search Statements
Understanding Results

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Keyword Searching

Keyword searches look for your search term anywhere in the field or fields you choose. For example, if you choose an "author" search, and look for "Brady," your results will include any author with the first, middle, or last name of Brady.

One result, "Brady, Taylor" - Brady is the last name.
Another result, "Udall, Brady" - Brady is the first name.
Another, different, result, "Woods, Kenneth B. (Kenneth Brady)," Brady is the middle name... You get the idea.

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