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This combined catalog will help you locate books, journals, and other material found in several Utah academic libraries. To borrow material from libraries other than your own, submit an interlibrary loan request to your library's interlibrary loan office. Some library material will not be available for interlibrary loan. Since this catalog shows the results from many different libraries, you may encounter search results that you don't understand. Please contact a librarian with any questions. |
| Truncation |
Finding words with alternate suffixes or endings. The truncation symbol in Utah's Catalog is an asterisk (*) |
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| Boolean Operators |
And: Retreives records containing both words. |
Example: geology utah is the same search as geology and utah |
| Or: Retreives records containing either word | Example: adolescent* or teenager* | |
| Not: Retreives records containing the first word, but not the second word | Example: gypsy not moth* | |
| Phrase Searching |
Searching for words together, in a given order. Place quotation marks
around the phrase. |
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| Combining Searches |
Entering search terms in more than one search box |
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Title |
Looks for words anywhere in the title field. |
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| Use Phrase Searching if you know the exact title. Use quotation marks around your phrase. | Example: "all quiet on the western front" | |
| If you don't know the exact title, use as many of the words from the title as you know. |
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| Author | Looks for words anywhere in the author field. |
Example: toni morrison or morrison toni or morrison t* |
| General | Looks for words anywhere in the record. |
Example: steinbeck grapes wrath |
| Journal Title | Looks for words anywhere in the journal title field | |
| Use Phrase Searching if you know the exact title |
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| If you don't know the exact title of the journal, use as many of the words from the title as you know. | Example: journal philosophy | |
| Year | This is the year of publication. It is a good field to use in combining searches |
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