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Search Types, Formats, Locations

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Locations: The Pas, Thompson, Norway House, Easterville, Swan River

Keyword/Subject Advantages

Keyword Searching• Used to find information

on current subjects, trends

• May use synonyms• May combine terms

(AND, OR, NOT)• Used to find subject

headings• Do not need to know

technical language

Subject Searching

• Hits are usually relevant

• May provide suggestions for narrower, broader, or related terms

• Returns all items in the database indexed with the subject term

Keyword/Subject Disadvantages

Keyword Searching

• Results are often too broad, returning irrelevant hits

• Not indexed to specific fields in records

• Multiple search terms are often needed to find relevant information

Subject Searching

• Unable to use recently coined terms, new topics or jargon

• Determining the proper subject heading can be difficult

• Database only looks for search term in the subject field

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Keyword Search Results

Subject

Format

Location, call number & status

Geography

Can narrow search results by:

Advanced Search Screen

Boolean Operators: And, Or, Not

Can Limit by:Location,Format, Language, Audience, Literary Form and Publication Year

Numeric Search

1. From Search Results screen, press Advanced Search

2. Press Numeric Search3. Can search by ISBN or

browse by Call Number

What’s on the Shelf? Browsing by Call Number

Browsing by Call Number Results

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