GUIDE to searching the MELVYL CATALOG database:

• Use the FIND (or F) command to search for book and periodicals records.
  • The primary indexes for books include:
    • PA (personal author)
    • CA (corporate author)
    • TW (title words)
    • XT (exact title)
    • SU (subject)
    • XS (exact subject).
  • The main indexes for periodicals are
    • PE (periodical title)
    • XPE (exact periodical title)
  • Examples:
    • FIND CA CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

      F PA WALKER, ALICE

      FIND SU BACTERIAL GENETICS

      FIND XPE NEWSWEEK

   

• Use the DISPLAY (or D) command to display the records that result from your FIND
• command.
• Type DISPLAY (or D) for a short display with author, title, and
• call number. You can also use LONG, SHORT, or REVIEW options. For example:

   

  DISPLAY DISPLAY LONG D REVIEW

   

  - Type HELP at any time to receive assistance.

   

  - Use an EXPLAIN command at any time to receive an explanation. For example:

   

  EXPLAIN FIND EXPLAIN DISPLAY EXPLAIN INDEXES EXPLAIN COMMANDS

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