Words can be in separate fields, in any order

Words can be in separate fields, in any order

Multiple words are treated as phrase, i.e. word order is important. Use AND to search multiple words in any order or in separate fields.

Can truncate in the middle of a title phrase. Extends across subfields, e.g. 245 |a|b.

Can truncate in the middle. Enclose in double quotes if AND, OR, NOT, SAME, WITH, NEAR is present in phrase. Extends across subfields, e.g. 245 |a|b.

Phrase can occur anywhere within a subfield. Cannot do a left-anchored phrase search. Enclose in double quotes if AND, OR, NOT, SAME, WITH, NEAR is present in phrase. Phrase cannot extend across subfields, e.g. 245|a|b.

Truncation symbol is $ in title search. In Pubdate, truncation symbol is *

Truncation symbol is #. Can truncate in the middle of a phrase. If phrase enclosed in double quotes, include truncation symbol within quotes.

Truncation symbol is ? When used, enclose search term in double quotes. This truncation works only on words. Phrase can occur anywhere within a subfield.

A word search may find last name in one field and first name in another.

RLIN treats last word as surname unless there is a comma. Matching is imprecise. Both initials and full forename match either initials or full forenames.

Put last name first. Word order is important as multiple word search terms are treated as a phrase.

Phrase search does not have to start from the beginning of the heading. The phrase can be anywhere within the heading. It cannot be truncated.

Can truncate in the middle of a corporate name.

Cannot truncate in the middle. Search term is searched as a phrase anywhere in a subfield. Use AND to search multiple subfields.

Can search 245 |a and |b at the same time. In phrase search, exclude all initial articles.

Can search 245 |a and |b at the same time. Exclude all initial articles.

Search 245 |a or |b. Phrase cannot cross subfield boundaries.

See list below. Stop words are ignored and cannot be searched. Enclose search terms that include AND, OR, NOT, SAME, WITH, NEAR in double quotes.

See list below. Stop words are ignored and cannot be searched. Enclose search terms that include AND, OR, NOT, SAME, WITH, NEAR in double quotes.

No stop words. All words are searched.

No hyphen. Year followed by six-digit number that may include leading zeros.

No hyphen. Year followed by six-digit number that may include leading zeros.

No hyphen. Year followed by six-digit number that may include leading zeros.

Exclude hyphens

Exclude hyphens

Exclude hyphens

Include hyphen

Include hyphen

Include hyphen

Enter without space or punctuation.

Not supported

Enter with space and punctuation. Enclose in double quotes.

Enter number only, leave out the ocm prefix.

Include LI and format code.

Use LCCN

Exclude punctuations and letters after numbers.

Enter number "as is", with space and punctuation. Enclose in double quotes.

Enter number "as is", with space and punctuation. Enclose in double quotes.

books = bks, serials = ser, music = rec or sco, computer files = com, maps = map, visual materials = vis, mixed materials = mix. Can be used in both Word and Phrase searches.

Use Bib lvl and Record type codes. books = am, serials = as, music = cm, jm, or im, computer files = mm, or ms, maps = em, visual materials = gm, km, om, rm, mixed materials = pc. Can be used in both Word and Phrase searches.

Not supported.

Use three-character language code. Matches against 008 only. Can be used in both Word and Phrase searches.

Use three-character language code. Matches against 008 and 041. Can be used in both Word and Phrase searches.

Use three-character language code. Matches against 008 only. Can be used in both Word and Phrase searches.

Enter a four digit year. Cannot include a range but can be truncated. Can be used only in Word searches.

Enter a four digit year. Cannot include a range. Cannot truncate. Can be used in both Word and Phrase searches.

Enter a four digit year. Cannot include a range. Cannot truncate. Can be used in both Word and Phrase searches.

Use term "dlc". Can be used only in Word searches.

Not supported

Not supported