Keyword Searching Tips(for the main catalog)
Keyword searching is often the best way of finding information in the Main Catalog.

Type fin k and a distinctive word or group of words.  Then press the return or enter key to execute your command.


General Subject Terms                 (Use a question mark--?--to truncate keywords)

fin k resident? segregation

fin k (venice or italy) and medic? sources
note:   the term 'sources" retrieves primary source material.
 

Using results of the first keyword search, choose a promising title and display the long record.  (lon)
Find other useful Library of Congress headings, that can be used as keyword or subject searches.

Ryu, Jai Poong, 1941-
Residential segregation of blacks in metropolitan America / Jai Poong Ryu. Seoul, Korea : American Studies Institute, Seoul National University, c1983.

Discrimination in housing--United States.
Afro-Americans--Housing.


Limiting Searches

limit to serials  (journals, periodicals, annuals)     use s.typ.

fin k  spain history s.typ.    Retrieves records for serials concerning the history of Spain.

limit by language
generally use the first three letters of the name of the language followed by .lan.  (be sure to include the two periods).                                   Exceptions: grc for Classical Greek; gre for Modern Greek; jpn for Japanese, fre for French, spa for Spanish...

fin k  iran? revolution per.lan.

fin k (russia? or soviet) and (media or television) and rus.lan.

limit to year of publication      specify the year followed by .yr1.

fin k afro american?  and 1998.yr1.       Retrieves works published in 1998 on African Americans.


Using Qualifiers

Searching by subject keyword Enter subject words in any order, omitting any punctuation. The system treats the terms as if they were joined by and. Add the qualifier .su. (be sure to include the two periods) to limit your terms to subject fields only.

 fin k medieval.su. europe?.su. military.su.                   Retrieves these words subject fields.  (LC subjects)

Searching by title keyword Enter title words in any order, omitting any punctuation. The system treats the terms as if they were joined by and. Add the qualifier .ti. (be sure to include the two periods) to limit your terms to title words only.

fin k travels.ti. marco.ti. polo.ti.                                                 Retrieves these words  in title fields.

Searching by author keyword Enter elements of a name in any order, omitting any punctuation. The system treats the terms as if they were joined by and. Add the qualifier .au. (be sure to include the two periods) to limit to author words only.

fin k   singer.au.  isaac.au.                                                         Retrieves these terms in the author field.

fin k   international.au. conference.au. historians.au.    Retrieves these terms in the author field.


Library of Congress Headings     (use fin s, fin a, fin t)

When you are certain of the precise author, title, or Library of Congress subject heading, you can search by heading or phrase as you would do in a card catalog. The system will retrieve all records with headings that match or begin with the characters you have typed. Enter Library of Congress subject headings, which can be found in the large red volumes near Main Catalog workstations and at reference desks in the libraries.

LC Subject Headings

fin s kenya--history 1895    Retrieves the following results:

KENYA--HISTORY--1895 1963

1 CHARGING BUFFALO A HISTORY OF THE KENYA REGI <1986>
2 COLONIAL INSCRIPTIONS RACE SEX AND CLASS IN <1995>
3 FIGHTING TWO SIDES KENYAN CHIEFS AND POLITIC <1990>
4 KENYA PIONEERS <1985>
5 KENYA THE NATIONAL EPIC FROM THE PAGES OF DR <1993>
6 MAU MAU FROM BELOW <1997>
7 MODERN HISTORY OF KENYA 1895 1980 IN HONOUR <1989>
8 MWANDIKI WA MAU MAU ITHAAMIRIO INI <1983>

KENYA--HISTORY--1895 1963--ADDRESSES ESSAYS LECTURES

10 ESSAYS ON MAU MAU <1982>

KENYA--HISTORY--1895 1963--BIOGRAPHY

11 BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS ON IMPERIALISM AND COLLA <1980>

LC Author Heading

fin a clausewitz c

CLAUSEWITZ

1 KARL U MARIE V CLAUSEWITZ <uuuu>
2 VOM KRIEGE <uuuu>
3 VOM KRIEGE <uuuu>
4 VOM KRIEGE <uuuu>

CLAUSEWITZ CARL

5 ON WAR <uuuu>

CLAUSEWITZ CARL VON
6 ON WAR <uuuu>
7 PRINCIPLES OF WAR <uuuu>
8 VOM KRIEGE <uuuu>

CLAUSEWITZ CARL VON 1780-1831
9 CAMPAGNE DE 1812 EN RUSSIE <1987>
10 CAMPAIGN OF 1812 IN RUSSIA <1992>
11 CAMPAIGN OF 1812 IN RUSSIA <1995>
12 GEIST UND TAT DAS VERMACHTNIS DES SOLDATEN U <1988>
13 HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL WRITINGS <1992>
14 HISTORISCHE BRIEFE UBER DIE GROSSEN KRIEGSER <1977>
15 KRIEGSTHEORIE UND KRIEGSGESCHICHTE <1993>
16 ON WAR <1984>