Use the Field pull-down menu to select the
type of search you want to do:
author
title
subject
note
default (searches for your terms in the entire record)
Use the text boxes below to help you enter your search terms:
Searches
Examples
To search a single word
genetics
To search a phrase
genetic engineering
To search for more than one term, use and
genetics and ethics
genetic engineering and ethics
Broaden a search by using or
england or united kingdom
or great britain
Limit a search by using and not
mexico and not new
Use near to search for words close to each other, in
any order
california near university
Combine searches by using parentheses
(teenagers or adolescents)
and (eating disorders or anorexia)
Shorten words with the * symbol to find all possible endings:
Use a
single asterisk * to truncate from 1-5 characters
Use a
double asterisk ** for open-ended truncation
teen* = teen, teens, teenage, teenager, teenagers
fyodor dost** = fyodor dostoyevski
Other Optional Search Limits:
Limit by Collection or Institution: select the pull-down
menu to limit your search to specific collections or (e.g. journal titles, reference
collection) or libraries.
Limit by Library Building :use the pull-down menu to limit
your search to specific library location. Note: If you chose a library in the Limit by Collection
or Institution, you do not need to limit by library in this search.
Language: use the pull-down menu to limit your search to
items in specific languages.
Year: use the search
boxes to specify a particular publication year or range of years.
Publisher: use the search
box to specify a particular publishing company.
Material Type: use the
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Scores, etc.)
Search and Sort: use the pull-down menu to sort your search
results by date, alphabetically, or by relevance.
Cooperating Libraries In Consortium (CLIC) is a non-profit federation
of the
libraries of eight private colleges and universities in Saint Paul and
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
