The Simple Search allows you to perform a variety of searches. You can specify the search terms, the type of search and a single "quick" limit. You can also select from the main list of limits before performing your search.

To perform a search, you must do the following:

1. Enter the words you want to search for in the Enter Search Terms: field
2. Select the type of search that you want to perform by choosing a search type from the Select Search Type: list.
   • Keyword Search: = searches for words in any field
   • Author: = browses author headings, enter last name first
   • Exact Title: = searches for the title of a book as entered
   • LC Subject Headings: = browses Library of Congress subject headings assigned to item records
   • Journal/Magazine/Newspaper Title: = searches for the title of a journal, etc as entered
   • Boolean Search (and, or, not): = must select if you use any of these operators to connect your search terms
   • Call Number: = browses the call number list

3. (Optional) Choose what type of limit you want applied to the search by either 1) selecting a limit from the Quick Limit menu or by 2) clicking the Limits button and choosing from the entire list of limits.
4. (Optional) Specify how many entries of the search results you want to have display on each page by clicking the drop-down arrow and selecting the number of records in the ...records per page field.
5. Click the Submit button to execute the search. You can also click the Reset button to clear the information entered into the page.
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