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 cont.

In this example, we have provided both a first and last name, but the catalog will still do a keyword search. It will look for the name "Brady" anywhere in the author fields and it will also look for the name "Sandy" anywhere in the author fields - but NOT necessarily the two names together.

The results for this search did find one item. Unfortunately, it was not an item by someone named Sandy Brady, rather it was a book with multiple authors, including Sandy Simon and Robert Brady!

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