St Clement's School Library
Searching tips
This search works in a similar way to Google. Search for specific words or "phrases", optionally excluding others. Here are some searching examples:
| apple banana (default) | Finds records that contain both words, anywhere and in any order. This is the default "AND" search. |
| apple AND banana | Same as above. Finds records that containboth words, anywhere and in any order. However, there is no need to include "AND" operator between words. |
| apple* (default) | Finds "apple", "apples", "applesauce", and "applet". There is no need to append the " * " wild-card suffix in your searches. |
| "some words" | Wrapping your search words in quotation marks treats them as an entire phrase. Finds records that contain "some words of wisdom", but not "some strange words". |
| apple OR juice | Finds records that contain either of these words, or both. Using the "OR" operator (must be in CAPITALS) will return more results than the default "AND" search. |
| apple -macintosh | Optionally exclude certain words. Finds records with "apple" but not "macintosh". |
| apple NOT macintosh | Same as using "-" (must be in CAPTIALS), finds records with "apple" but NOT "macintosh". |
Note: There are several commonly words that will be ignored in a search. These words are called "Stop Words" and offer little or no benefit to a search. Stop words include "A", "An", "And", "For", "Has", "He, "Her", The", "Them", etc.
Barcode Lookup
Enter or scan the item's barcode label to lookup the full details of the item. For books, the barcode label is normally located on the inside of the front cover.
Note: This is not the same as the ISBN number on the book's back cover!
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Tips
You can search the Library Catalogue by simply entering a 'find' value and pressing 'Enter' or clicking the 'Search' button.
Alternatively select 'Browse' and then one of the options in the drop-down menu.
e.g. 'By Subject' to list all the subjects against which Catalogue items have been indexed.
Click on a subject to view the related items
You can search the Catalogue without logging in, but will need to log in to borrow or return books (click on the drop-down menu under your name, which will only appear when you are logged in).
If you require any help please contact the Library.
Please note you do not need to log in to use the catalogue
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