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Fielded Searches
What is a fielded search?
Why should I use a fielded search?
How do I perform a fielded search?
What is a fielded search?
You can perform a fielded search by using the fields on the Advanced Search page. These are:
Subject; Publication type; Category; Series; Personal author; Publisher; Session Year; Price; and ISBN/ISSN.
Why should I use a fielded search?
Using the additional fields enables you to:
- Find documents by bibliographic details;
- Restrict your search.
How do I perform a fielded search?
- Click on Advanced Search in the search bar;
- Enter your search terms into the fields you wish to search;
- Click Submit.
Performing a fielded search using flexible search:
Flexible searches return all records that refer to the word(s) or phrases entered in the search field(s).
Example:
Searching for cm 4763 in the “Series” field returns all records containing either cm or 4763.
Performing a fielded search using Boolean operators:
Boolean searches return results that exactly match the word(s) or phrases entered in the field(s).
Example:
Searching for cm 47623 in the “Series” field returns only one result, as there is only one exact match for cm 4763.
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