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.