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Basic Search

Search Method	Input Search Terms	Search Examples
KEYWORD  Phrase Search Adjacency	Multiple words are searched together as one phrase.	United States supreme court English as a second language domestic violence
KEYWORD(S)   Operators ( ) and or and not	Use "and" to search multiple concepts simultaneously Use "or" to combine words with similar meaning Use "and not" to exclude words  Parentheses group words together when using Boolean operators.	(domestic violence) and children baby or infant mexico and not (new mexico) (alaska or canada) and (adventure not vacation)
KEYWORD(S)   Proximity near within #	Use "near" to specify words close to each other, in any order. Use "within #" to specify terms which occur within # words of each other in the record.	California near university america within 3 econom*
KEYWORD(S)   Truncation * **	Words may be right-hand truncated using an asterisk. Use a single asterisk * to truncate from 1-5 characters. Use a double asterisk ** for open-ended truncation.	environment* polic* fyodor dost**
TITLE	Input exact title or beginning of title; ignore initial article (e.g. a, an, the, etc.)	joy luck club life and times of little turtle life and times of
AUTHOR	For personal authors, input lastname, firstname.  For materials written, published, or produced by an organization, input the organization's name.	clarke cheryl confucius garcia marquez gabriel united states commission on civil rights California state university

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Advanced Search

Search Method	Input Search Terms and Search Examples
KEY PHRASE   Adjacency	Multiple words are searched together as one phrase. Example 1: United States Supreme Court Example 2: domestic violence
KEYWORD(S)   Operators and or and not	Use "and" to search multiple concepts simultaneously Use "or" to combine words with similar meaning
	Use "and not" to exclude words. For example: mexico AND NOT new mexico
KEYWORD(S)   Proximity near within 1 within 3 within 10	Use "near" to specify words close to each other, in any order. For example: california NEAR university        Use "within #" to specify terms which occur within # words of each other in the record. For example: america WITHIN 3 economy
KEYWORD(S)   Truncation * **	Words may be right-hand truncated using an asterisk.  Use a single asterisk * to truncate from 1-5 characters. Use a double asterisk ** for open-ended truncation. For example: Single asterisk * environment* polic* Double asterisk ** fyodor dost**
KEYWORD(S)  Search Methods Any Field Title Author LC Subject Heading Notes	Use the drop-down box on the left to select what "fields" you want to search.  You can choose:  Any Field, Title, Author, LC Subject Heading, and Notes.
Add Limits (optional)
Limiter	Explanation	Examples
Language:	To limit your search results to material published in one of these languages. Set the pulldown menu to the desired language, or leave at ANY for material in all languages.	English French German Spanish Chinese Japanese Korean
Sort By:	To sort your search results by relevance, date, or title, click on the pulldown menu, and select one of your choice. The system sorts by relevance if no selection is made.	Relevance Date Title
Material Type:	To limit your search results to one of these material types, select (click on) the format in the Material Type box.	Any Books Videos, DVDs  Sound Recordings Music Scores CD-Roms, etc. eBooks / eJournals
Location:	To limit your search results to one of these location/collections, select (click on) your choice in the Location box.	Any Circulating CSLA Master's Thesis Government Documents Children's Books Microforms Periodicals (Print Only) Reference Reserves Special Collections
Year:	You can limit your search results by year of publication. For example:	After    1990 and Before 2009

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Saving your searches

If you have a favorite author or subject for which you often search when using the catalog, you can save the search with the click of a button. This will prevent you from having to key in the search each time and let you place reserves on new materials quicker.

How to:

1. Log in to your Library Account.
2. Click on the "New Search" button.
3. Search for your favorite author, subject, title, etc. or create an advanced keyword search including limits to material type, language, publication year, etc..
4. When your results are displayed, click the button marked "Save as preferred search".
5. The next time that you log in to your My Millennium Account, you can click the "Preferred Searches" button to see a list of your saved searches.
6. Click on the search link associated with any of the preferred search terms in the list to quickly execute your search.
7. You can be alerted of new materials added to the library collection which match your searches. Just check the "Mark for Email" box and be sure that your patron record information includes your current email address.

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