Keyword Searching cont.Another thing to keep in mind while keyword searching - the online catalog will ignore those very common words, like "of," "the," "a," and "with." Then, it will do keyword searches for each of the remaining words.For this search, the catalog ignored "with" and "the," and looked for "gone" and "wind." The catalog found Gone With the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell, but results also include items about Gone With the Wind (the book and the movie) as well as the book The Wind Done Gone, by Alice Randall. Keyword searching can be very helpful in finding similar items, and for those times when you aren't quite sure of the title you are looking for. |
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