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Catalog Search Tips: Limiting Your Search

Initially, you may search the entire collection or a subset of it. Searches may be restricted to the following by using the first dropdown menu:

If your search retrieves too many entries, you may narrow the results using the LIMIT/SORT option.

Here are some examples of options for limiting:

MATERIAL type: BOOK; SERIAL; VIDEORECORDING
YEAR of publication: After 1920 and Before 1980
LANGUAGE FRENCH; CHINESE
WHERE item is located: SPECIAL COLLECTIONS; SCIENCE
WORDS in the AUTHOR,
TITLE, or SUBJECT:
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