How to Search the Catalog

• Go to the Library Catalog.
• Search tips:
  • If you know the exact title of an item you want, enter it in the Title: box of the Alphabetical List tab. (Only enter one box at a time.)
  • If you're not sure of the title, try a Title Keyword: search on the Keyword(s) tab.
  • If you're not sure of the author, use the Author Keyword: search. Type the parts of the name you know. This search is especially useful when the author is a company or government agency, for example, SOCIAL HEALTH will locate materials by Washington State. Department of Social and Health Services. If you remember only an unusual first name, try that; URI will find Uri Geller and Uri Shulevitz, among others.
  • If you want a wide range of materials try a Subject Keyword search.
  • If a Subject Keyword search does not bring the results you are interested in, try a Title Keyword search. If this result shows an item that fits your interest, find a subject on the left side of the screen and double click on it to switch to searching that subject.
  • In a keyword search, typing a ? at the end of a word (example: whal? for whale, whales, whaling) will bring all the titles or subjects that begin with those letters up on the screen.
  • If you don't find what you need, call your local library, or System Reference at the Lynden Library 360-354-4883. Staff can talk you through the searches.

• Go to the Library Catalog.
  • Search Tips:
    • If you know the exact title of an item you want, enter it in the Title begins with: box of the "Begins with" tab. (Only enter one box at a time.)
    • If you're not sure of the title, try a Title Keywords search on the Keywords tab.
    • If you're not sure of the author, use the Author Keywords search. Type the parts of the name you know. This search is especially useful when the author is a company or government agency, for example, SOCIAL HEALTH will locate materials by Washington State. Department of Social and Health Services. If you remember only an unusual first name, try that; URI will find Uri Geller and Uri Shulevitz, among others.
    • If you want a wide range of materials try a Subject Keywords search.
    • If a Subject Keywords search does not bring the results you are interested in, try a Title Keywords search. If this result shows an item that fits your interest, find a subject on the left side of the screen and double click on it to switch to searching that subject.
    • In a keyword search, typing a ? at the end of a word (called truncation: example: whal? for whale, whales, whaling) will bring all the titles or subjects that begin with those letters up on the screen.
    • If you don't find what you need ask a staff member for help.