Catalog Help

Searching the Catalog

Search Tips: Learn how to format your searches for the best results
How to Search for Specific Types of Materials: Learn how to limit your search to specific types of materials, such as DVD's, audio books, etc.
Selecting Search Type: Learn how to limit your search to author, title, subject, ISBN, and more.
Advanced Search: Advanced Search provides easier combination searching via dropdowns. Combine a search for author, title, word or subject with any other field.
Limit Search to Available Items: Need to pick something up today? You can limit your search to items currently on the shelf.
Creating and Exporting a Temporary List of Items: Learn how to create a temporary list of items to reserve all at once, or a list to email, print, or save to a disk.
Note: Temporary Lists are not saved.

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Catalog Troubleshooting Guide: This guide is a list of known topics that cause problems with the Catalog.