04.03.08 Advanced Searches

You might be looking for a particular type of resource, maybe a video or web-page. You may have to do research on a particular topic and need many resources in varying formats to help with that research…

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04.03.08.01 Multi-field Search

Doing a Multi-field search

As the name suggests by using this option you can refine your search string to provide a more specific result.

Type in your search string in the Find box and then select from the Search for: field, the first Catalogue field you wish to use in your search. Then in the Search Type: field, select from drop down list the term that best describes the search string you’re using. By clicking the ‘And’ or ‘Or’ button you can add a second set of criteria by repeating the above process.

Example:

I am looking for all of the videos in the Lonely Planet series.

Select GMD from the drop down list.
Type in VH in the Find:
Select Begins with as the Search type:
Click the And button to add the second part of the search string.
Your first search string is displayed here.
Type in Lonely.
Select Series from the drop down list.
This time we choose Contains (just incase there are a number of variations with the series).
Click on the OK button.
Your results are displayed…

See Using the Results Screen (Resource Lists) for more details about manipulating the list of resources that appears as a result of your search…

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04.03.08.02 Range Search

Doing a Range Search

Use this search when you want to filter out resources by a range of criteria.

Example:

If you were looking for all of the resources on religion, usually given a dewey number in the 200 range you would select Dewey from the Selection Field drop down list and in the Low Value type in 200 and in the High Value type in 299.99.

Now click on the OK to view the results.

See Using the Results Screen (Resource Lists) for more details about manipulating the list of resources that appears as a result of your search…

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04.03.08 Advanced Searches