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Library Search Guide: Advanced Search

Helpful tips and assistance when using Library Search | Ketu, the Library's discovery tool

Advanced Search

Add up to five extra lines to separate your keywords

The Any field menu allows you to select which part of a text you are searching., i.e. do you want to search your keyword within the Title, the Author field, as a Subject term or within Any field? The contains menu allows you to select how your keyword(s) appear in the search results i.e. Is (exact) will search the exact phrase you type in while starts with will only return results whose titles start with your keyword(s).

Select a Material Type, Language or Publication Date to narrow down your results. You can only select one option from each menu, but if you need to select more options you can do this post-search (see Search Results tab).

Sign in with your Polytechnic username and password (same as Moodle) to get better results.