Searching MELVYL: Introduction

Scope

• To do a Search in MELVYL's CAT, TEN, or PE, you need three components:
  • Search Terms
  • Search Command words
    • The primary search command is find or f
    • The browse command is browse or bro
  • An Index
    • An index, as noted before, is a file of all items in a specific single field, such as authors or titles or ISBN numbers.
    • Indexes speed searching of databases.

Usage

• The Commands, Indexes, & Search Terms are used in the following manner:
  • [Search Command] [Index] [Search Terms]
  • Examples:
    • find pa hemingway, ernest
    • f xpe scientific american
    • browse su hemingway

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