Title Search

• When you know the title of anything the library might own - book, periodical subscription, video, CD-ROM, sound recording, Web sources, etc. - use a title search to find out:
  • Is the item in the library?
  • What is its location and call number (if any)?
• You can perform a title search on both the Search Tab and the Guided Search Tab.

Search Tips

• Do not use "A", "An", "The", (or a definite article in any language) at the beginning of the title.
  For example: old man and the sea
• Less is better than more. Just search the first few words of the title: 
  For example: tale of two
• Try alternate forms of title words:

  Ex: initials, acronyms, abbreviation	UN or U.N. or United Nations
  numbers	1 or one
  one word or two	healthcare or health care
  spelling variation	labor or labour

• If you don't recall the exact title, try a Keyword Boolean search.
  For example:  Find a book with a title having something to do with starting a business:
      Select Keyword Boolean search
      Type: start? and business
  You can also try a Guided Search.

Title Search (Search Tab)

1. Select "Title Search" from the Search by: box.
2. Type in your search terms in the Search for: box.
   • If you wish you may limit your search by options from the Set Single Limit drop down menu
     or the button.
3. Click or press the ENTER key.

Title Search (Guided Search Tab)

1. Type a title in a Search for: box.
2. Select "Title Search" from the corresponding Search by: option drop-down menu.
   • If you wish you may limit your search by options from the Set Single Limit drop down menu
     or the button.
3. Click or press the ENTER key.

• Go to Guide to PILOT, Table of Contents

Send comments and suggestions to Dick Swain, rswain@wcupa.edu

These pages last updated on 3 January 2001