Searching the Ely Library Catalog
At the Ely Library home page, click on the Ely Library Catalog link to search for books, cd's, videos,
and titles of journals and newspapers available in the Ely Library.

1. The default search is for Subject Browse.  Enter your subject in the search box.
2. To search another field click in the drop down menu for Author Browse, Title, Journal Title Keyword, Keyword Search, etc.
3. Type the word that you want to search for. Do not include any punctuation.
4. To change the number of records you want displayed on a page, click on the drop down menu. The default is 25.
5. Click the Search button to begin your search.
6. At the next screen, click on an appropriate Heading to locate individual titles.
7. Call numbers and location information will be listed under each title. Click on a title for more information.
8. See To Print, Save, or E-mail below.

Searching Hints:

AUTHOR Searches. Enter last name first name. The system truncates on the right automatically and retrieves a list of Authors that may be browsed. Entering Einstein will retrieve a browseable list of all authors named Einstein.  Links of books by these authors will appear.

        Examples:

einstein al (will retrieve Al, Albert, Alfred, etc.)

steinbeck, john  (will retrieve books by John Steinbeck)

SUBJECT Searches. Enter a Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH is located in Reference) or use a general subject to retrieve a list of subjects. The system automatically truncates on the right.
        Examples:
            "birth control" will locate materials because it is an LCSH term.
            "drugs and gangs" is not an LCSH term so it will not locate materials.
Note: To Search for a topic not in LCSH, use the Builder, Keyword, or Command Searches.

Click on a title in the list to display bibliographic information (title, author, publisher, physical description) about a record. If there is more than one record in the list from which you selected the title, you can view the remaining records by clicking.

To begin a new search, click  at the top of the page.  To return to your list, click . For the list of subjects, click on .

Some items have a  which lists the chapter titles.

1. Return to the Simple Search screen.  Click on the drop down menu next to Find Results in.   Select Keyword Search.
2. Click the Limits icon before entering your keyword search if you want to limit it by publication date, by location, or by material type (e.g. video recordings).  Click on Set Limits.
3. Type the word(s) you want to search for in the appropriate text box.
• Use a question mark (?) after a search term to indicate truncation: comp?
• Use quotation marks to search for specific phrases: "world wide web"
• Use a plus sign (+) before a term to indicate an essential term: +internet
• Use an asterisk (*) before a term to indicate an important term: *explorer

For example, type: comp? "world wide web" +internet *explorer.
• Click the Search button to begin your search. Click the Reset button to clear the search page.
  

• Return to the Simple Search screen.  Click on the Builder file tab to select a Builder Search.
• Click the Limits icon before entering your keyword search if you want to limit it by publication date, by location, or by material type (e.g. video recordings).  Click on Set Limits.
• Type in the search term(s) you want to find in the Search For box. (Punctuation, case, and word order are ignored.) Search terms are automatically truncated on the right.
• Default search criteria can be modified for your search:
• Select from the drop-down list whether you want to search for a phrase (default), all the search terms, or any of the search terms.
• Select which Boolean operator you want applied to the next search term(s): AND (default), OR, or NOT
• Narrow your search further by entering other information in the Search For boxes and selecting options and boolean operators from the drop down menus as needed.
• Click the Search button to begin your search. Click the Reset button to clear the search page.

• REFERENCE  (first floor of Library)
• STACK  (take elevator to floors 2 through 5 past the Circulation Desk--Refer to Stack Guide for more detail)
• ERC or Education Resource Center (library mezzanine - accessible via staircase at rear of first floor).
• PERIODICAL STACK  (first floor of Library)

• Mark the record(s) that you want to print, save, or email on the Titles List (click the box on the left)--otherwise, you can choose to save all of what you see displayed on the page.
• Find Print, Save and E-mail options at the bottom of each page.
• Under Select  Download Format, choose Brief Record, Full Record, or EndNote Citation.
• Under Records Option, select "All on page" in order to save/print the entire display or "Selected on Page" to save/print only those options you checked.
• To Print, click the button To Print or Save - Click Here to print the record(s).; The marked records will be reformatted into ASCII text. Select Print from the File menu on your browser (top of screen).
• To Save,click the button To Print or Save - Click Here to save the record(s).; The marked records will be reformatted into ASCII text. Select Save from the File menu on your browser to save to the A:\ drive (a 3.5" formatted diskette is needed).
• To E-mail Enter the email address. Then click the EMAIL icon.
• Once you have saved or printed the records, click   to clear the checkmarks from all of the current titles.

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Course Reserve Search

A Course Reserve search allows you to search for items on reserve for various classes.  To perform a Course Reserve search:

• Return to the Simple Search screen.  Click on the Course Reserve file tab.
• Select one item from one (or more) of the following drop-down lists: Instructor, Department, Course, or Section.
• Note: you cannot Limit a course reserve search.

• You must Set Limits before entering terms to search.  If you forget to do this, you will have to re-enter your search terms and re-select search options.
• Note: You cannot limit Subject Heading or Course Reserve searches even though the button is present on these screens.
• To limit your search by date of publication, type the four digits in the Year text box. Click the appropriate button in front of the date range that you want to find.[equals symbol (=); greater than symbol (>); less than symbol (<);  and Range (type in both dates)].
• To limit your search by Language (e.g. Spanish), Type (e.g. serial), Medium (e.g. videorecording), Location (e.g. Reference), and Place of Publication, click on the appropriate drop-down list and select the limiting criteria.
• Click the Set Limits button to resume the search. Click the Reset button to clear the search.

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