When to use Browse:
 

• Use the Browse Headings feature to scroll through an alphabetical (or a numerical) list of Titles, Authors, Library of Congress Subject Headings, etc.
• Examples:


• You know the exact title or the beginning of the title, omitting initial articles. Type: tale of the genji, not the tale of the gengi.
• You know at least the author's last name and first initial. Type: bronte emily, not emily bronte
• You know the exact LC Subject Heading and want to see titles on that subject.
• You know the ISBN number of a book or the ISSN number of a journal.

When to use Keyword Search:
 

• Use the Search function when you do not know the exact item you are looking for, or if you want to search multiple fields and multiple search terms.
• Examples:


• You are looking for a topic but don't know the exact Subject Heading.
• You are looking for a specific work and know part of the title, but not the exact wording.
• You are looking for a work and know the author's last name and what it is about.
• You want to combine search fields and phrases, such as the title word "encyclopedia" and a subject heading.