Quick Search

If you are in Quick search, you can limit your keyword search to terms from specific categories in the IndexCat record. Your choices are:

• Keyword Anywhere (automatic AND)
• Keyword Anywhere Search
• Author Search
• Date Search
• ID Number Search
• Item Type Search (Index-Catalogue only)
• Language Search (eVK2 only)
• Subject Search
• Title/Journal Title Search

To perform a Quick Search in any category:

1. Type your word(s) or phrases in the Quick Search box.
2. Select the specific search category from the drop-down list
3. To truncate words, indicate word importance or a phrase, apply the following characters:
   • Use a question mark (?) after a search term to indicate truncation: child? (finds child, children, childhood, etc.)
   • Use quotation marks to search for specific phrases: "by localities"
   • Use a plus sign (+) before a terms to indicate an essential term: +leukemia
   • Use an asterisk (*) before a term to indicate an important item: *treatment
   • Use an exclamation point (!) before a term to indicate that records containing the term are not to be displayed: !childish

   Tip: Some stems for truncations: case? biog? obit?

4. Select the collection(s) you want to search by clicking the corresponding box.
5. Click the Search button to begin your search.
6. The default number of records displayed on each page is 25. The maximum is 100 records per page. You can change this by using the 'results per page' drop-down menu.
7. Click the Search tab to begin your search.
8. Search results display at a summary level in Results Summary, in an Author/Title list in a Results Display list, and a Record Display for the individual item.

Browsing Collections on Quick Search tab:

To browse the contents of each collection, click the '+ (expand) and (collapse) buttons beside each entry. To view a description of any entry, click the More Information image beside the record name.

Within the eTK/eVK2 and Index-Catalogue collections the record content is broken down into record groups. eTK/eVK2 is broken down into groups of 100 records. Index-Catalogue is broken down by Series, Volume and then groups of subrecords.