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Library Search | Ketu Help: Advanced Search

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1. Add up to five extra lines to separate your keywords.

2. 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 title starts with your keyword(s).

3. Select a collection you would like to search within; ReserveSpecial CollectionsOUR Archive, Digital Collections, or All.

4. Select a Material TypeLanguage, 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).