Once you have accessed a particular resource, you must use its specific
search and display commands. Searching instructions are available in ring
binders next to library gateway workstations. Each database also supplies
its own internal searching help.
Many of the Gateway Resources have corresponding paper versions
which may also cover earlier years; there may also be
electronic and/or print resources not available on the Gateway which are
relevant to your research. (Consult the online catalog or
check with a reference librarian to locate these.)
*If you are dialing from outside the area code you must type 609 before the numbers; if you are using a modem from within campus, omit the first two digits of the phone number.
fin k death penalty (terms retrieved from anywhere in record, e.g. title as well as subject)
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In keyword searching, use a ? to search for all possible endings of a word (europe? retrieves europe, europe's, european, and europeans)
fin k holocaust europe? (terms retrieved from anywhere in record; works about the holocaust in Europe)
Or, to limit your search to keywords from the subject headings only(still without knowing the exact LCSH), you can add the qualifier .su. to each of the keywords:
fin k oates.su. joyce.su. (terms retrieved from subject headings; works about Joyce Carol Oates)Viewing your Search Results
Finding the Library of Congress Subject Heading
While viewing the results of your keyword search, type the number of a record which seems relevant to your topic. The default display is the BRIef display; to see the full record which includes the exact subject headings used in the library, type LON.(This will remain the default display until you specify otherwise.)To get back to the list of items after viewing an individual entry, type IND.
Let's go back to out search fin k death penalty, and choose item number 10.
TITLE: Punishment and the death penalty : the current debate / edited by Robert M. Baird and Stuart E. Rosenbaum.By typing LON, we see that the subject heading iscapital punishment--united states
And then we can search as follows:
fin s capital punishment--united
(There is automatic right-hand truncation when you search this way, and the only punctuation you should use are the two hyphens in the subject search.)
This is a good example of why it is important to get an exact LCSH for your topic in order to retrieve all relevant material.
fin k death penalty united states yields 26 records, but fin s capital punishment--united states yields 49 records!
fin k diary calvin jackson (terms retrieved from anywhere in record) fin k diary.ti. calvin.ti. Jackson.ti. (terms retrieved from title field only) Retrieves: Diary of Col. Calvin G. Jackson, M.D. : kept during World War II, 1941-1945
fin k calderon barca (terms retrieved from anywhere in record; works by and about Calderon de la Barca) fin k calderon.au. barca.au. (terms retrieved from author field only; works by Calderon de la Barca) fin k karman.au. institute.au. dynamics.au. (retrieves works authored by the Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics)
fin k solidarity.ti. treason.ti. fittko.au. Retrieves: Solidarity and treason : resistance and exile, 1933-40 by Lisa Fittko
fin k proceedings math? london s.typ. Retrieves: Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society
fin k france revolution and fre.lan.
ARA Arabic GER German JPN Japanese POR Portuguese CHI Chinese GRC Greek, Classical KOR Korean RUS Russian DUT Dutch GRE Greek, Modern LAT Latin SPA Spanish ENG English HEB Hebrew PER Persian SWE Swedish FRE French ITA Italian POL Polish TUR Turkish
Use .yr1. to limit to year or a range of years of publication. fin k jew? arab? and (conflict or war?) and 1987.yr1. This search will produce a list of cataloged materials on the Arab-Israeli Conflict published in 1987 only. fin k jew? arab? and (conflict or war?) and 1990?-1994.yr1. This search will produce a list of materials published from 1990 to 1994. If you want to qualify, or limit, your search, use fin k (see instructions on previous page).
Important:If you accidentally click and drag on any of the black "title bars," the panels and search boxes will move, and may be obscured. If this happens, try to click on the edge of the panel that has become obscured and drag it back to where it belongs.
When the cursor becomes a rotating disk, the computer is performing an operation. You can enter your next command after the disk stops rotating.
To begin searching, you should see three gray panels occupying most of the screen. If you don't, click the mouse on the "Return to Index" button.
To move up and down the list of guide cards, click your mouse on the "down arrow" at the bottom of the narrow column to the left of the list.
Above the arrows, at the top of this column, is a small square that looks like a knob. By depressing the mouse button with the pointer on this knob and moving the mouse southward, you can drag the knob down to move very rapidly through the list.
The grey triangle to the right of this heading indicates that another panel containing further subdivisions follows.
In order to go back to the initial range of letters, click on the black left-pointing arrow on the leftmost side of your screen.
If you don't know the author, of if there is no author, try a title
search; if you are unsuccessful check with a reference librarian.
The previously grey bar labeled "Search Panel" will turn black, indicating that the system is ready to accept a search word.
Now type in your search word; let's try Shakespeare.
Either press the enter key on your keyboard or
click on the search button to the right of the white search box.
The system will bring you to the point in the index matching, or coming close to, your search word.
Click the mouse on the range into which your search term fits, if it isn't already highlighted. A grey triangle to the right of a heading indicated that another panel containing further subdivisions follows. You must click on the other panels to retrieve results:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (subject)
Directly under the card image will be the search "path." It is a history of the guide cards that you chose to arrive at the spot in the catalog where you are now viewing card images. Underneath that line is a statement of how many cards are in the set and the number of the card that you are now viewing.
Let's go to image number 50
Under the white box is a slider bar, which you can use to quickly go through the cards in the cardset. The range of numbers indicated on the slider bar goes from card one to the number of the last card image in your set.
Let's slide to the end of the card set
Scroll bars with knobs and arrows enable you to navigate through the information screens. Use the small x at the very top right corner of the panel to close the screens.
The location designation and call number appear on the upper left corner of the image. Sometimes the location designation isn't in parentheses. If no location symbol is given, you can assume that the item is located in the Firestone stacks.
LOCATION: CALL NUMBER: STATUS: Firestone (F) HV8694 .P86 1995 Check Online Circ System
We see that the book is located in Firestone Library, under the "designated location" (F). Refer to the "Designated Locations" handout to determine where items assigned a given symbol are located. In this case, (F) stands for the Firestone stacks.
HM - HX and oversize B-9-M SociologyB-9-M refers to the floor (B) and the coordinates (9-M) on that floor. Consult a floor plan [Show an example] to pinpoint the location.