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How to Search

(Close Help)

You can search by typing a word, or you can click a link to search a category.

Search by typing a word

1. Type a word or words in the Look for box.

2. Pick a place in the library catalog to look for the word you typed:

• Click Anywhere to find materials with your word anywhere in the library catalog.
• Click Subjects to find materials about your word.
• Click Titles to find materials with names that include your word.
• Click Authors to find materials written by people whose names include your word.
• Click Series to find materials with your word in the name of the series.
• Click Fiction to find stories about your word.
• Click Non-Fiction to find facts about your word.

  The search starts. If the search finds something, you see the search results list.
  If the search does not find anything, you see a page with search help.

3. To clear your search results and go back to the home page, click the picture at the top of the page.

Search a category

1. Click a link on the home page to search a category.

You see a list of related categories and targets. When you click a target, you may launch a search, see a list of titles, or go to a Web site.

2. Click a related category, or click a target.

If you clicked a related category, you may see more categories, or targets, or both. You can move around in a category by clicking the links at the top of the page. They show the categories and related categories you have already picked.

If you clicked a target, you see search results, a list of links to titles, or a Web site.

3. To clear your search results and go back to the home page, click the picture at the top of the page.