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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Catalog Tutorial Home
Advanced Searching
Building Search Statements
Understanding Results

Tutorials home page

Browse Searching

Browse searches look for items which begin with the words you type. Your results will be an alphabetical list of items which surround the word or phrase you typed.

For this search, the catalog searched for all items whose titles began with the words "gone with the wind." The catalog found:

GONE WITH THE WIND
GONE WITH THE WIND AS BOOK AND FILM
GONE WITH THE WIND LETTERS 1936-1949
GONE WITH THE WIND MOTION PICTURE
etc.

image of basic search area of the LSU Libraries home page

Back to that Author search for "Brady, Sandy." There were no items with an author named Sandy Brady, but when using the "Browse option this search returns an alphabetical list of items into which "Brady, Sandy" would have fit.

BRADY SANDRA K
BRADY SCOTT ARLEN
BRADY SHARON J
BRADY SHELLY 1962-
etc.

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