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Try more than one type of search. Start with one of the standard numbers, such as
the LCCN, ISBN, or ISSN to find a specific record. If you don't have one of these
numbers, try searching by the title, author, or subject.
1. Enter your search term in the search text box. The success of your search can
depend on your search term; enter as much of the search term as you can.
2. Choose Local Database from the drop-down menu to the right.
3. Select the appropriate Search menu item or button to start your search.
If your searches are not producing the desired results, make sure that you are
aware of the following:
S Keyword and Power searches require a properly maintained keyword index.
See Setting up miscellaneous Cataloging options" on page 55.
For more information on keyword or Power (Boolean) searches, see page 459.
S LCCN and barcode searches require an exact match (a message appears if no
exact match is found). Enter the complete number and, for LCCNs, include
the hyphen.
For Union Catalog Plus: When searching by barcode, you must scan or enter
the barcode, and select a member site. The search results, however, list
all the copies in the union catalog database for that title.
S ISBN searches of your local database do not require an exact match. For the
fastest results for a book in hand, scan the book's ISBN barcode, usually
found on the back cover. Make sure to select ISBN from the toolbar and not
Barcode.
You may have to configure your scanner first. See Configuring scanners" on
page 699 for a list of configurable scanners, instructions on configuring
yours, and additional uses for this feature.
S Searches for titles with leading articles follow your setup choice about
ignoring articles in search terms.
See page 55 for information about the miscellaneous Cataloging settings.
S Cataloging searches specific tags when you choose a search button.
For a list of the tags used in different searches, see page 637.
Using Limiters on your local database
Limiters let you make the searches on your local database more specific. If you
just received, say, a shipment of videos, you might want to limit your searches to
the material type Films." When using limiters though, keep in mind that if a
record doesn't contain the required information, Cataloging ignores it. While all
MARC records contain the material type, many do not have reading or interest
levels. For example, in a search limited by interest level, Cataloging skips records
without a 521 tag and without the specified interest level in the 521 tag.
Limiters are only supported when searching your local database. They are,
however, ignored during authority, call number, category, Accelerated Reader,
Reading Counts!, and Lexile searches.