Keyword Searching


A keyword search retrieves all records tht include those words. This type of search can be very effective especially when used with the operators (and, or, not) and with truncation (use an esterisk to replace a missing letter within a word, or one or more letters after the root of a word. See the examples below.

The Kewword Will Retrieve all records with:
water the word water
water and sports both terms water and sports
water or aquatic either term
sport* sport or sports or sporting
water and not sports water, if sports is not present
wom*n woman or women

Additional help is available by clicking on Keyword Search on the main menu of the online catalog.

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