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There are many ways to search the library's catalog. Each of the help pages linked below will give you tips on searching for specific kinds of items.

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What is Keyword Searching?

Keyword searching is a more powerful way to search the library catalog. It permits the use of adjacency, truncation, proximity, operators and field limits to home in on precisely the items you need.

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Simple Keyword Search

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Advanced Keyword Search

Extra Help...

Just in case, here are links to some help for many of the tasks one might need to perform.

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Help with Preferred Searches

More search help is available on the Advanced Search page.

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