Searching Sirsi Unicorn WebCat: Quick Search

Scope

• The QuickSearch SIRSI Unicorn search pages generally contain several major sections.
  • These include:
    • Navigation Bar
    • Search Buttons
    • Search Type Selection for Quick Search, Complex Search, and
    • Selection bullets for Keyword, Browse, or Exact search.
    • Blank field for entering search terms.
    • Search Field Selection buttons, which also activate the search

Using Quick Search

• Search the Library Catalog

   Keyword Browse Exact [Select one. See notes below.]

    [Enter terms here.]

  

  • [Click one of the above after entering your search terms.]

  1. Enter the word(s) you want to find.

2. Click on the bullet for whether you want to search through a the searched fields in records or browse an index of words.

 Keyword returns records containing the word(s) entered.

• It will return records only if there are records that contain those words.
• If not, it will take you to a list of headings.

Browse returns catalog headings beginning with the first word entered.

• This is useful if you do not know exactly what you are looking for, including the spelling.

Exact returns records that exactly match the word(s) entered.

• When you select Exact, you have to know exactly what you are looking for, including the spelling.

3. Choose the type of search that you want to do.

• Essentialy, you are specifying the fields that you want searched..
  • Search Everything targets all indexed fields within a record.
  • All other choices target specified fields within a record.

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