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How to Find a Title

When you are looking for a particular book, it is usually best to look it up by title, because the title is the most unique piece of information about the book. If you are unsure of the title of the book, try using title keywords .

Using the Search Screen click on "browse" and then choose "title" from the drop down menu. Now type in the title of the book.

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Tips

Capitalization and punctuation are not necessary, with the exception of hyphens.
For long titles, try entering just the first few words.

More Examples

To find the the title:	Enter:
The piano man's daughter	`piano mans`
Les belles soeurs	`belles soeurs`
Neural networks and analog computation: beyond the Turing limit	`neural networks and analog`
Qira'ah fi al-riwayah al-'Arabiya	`qiraah fi al riwayah`

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Try searching by title keyword, described next.

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Title Keyword

Not sure of the exact title? Try searching using keywords. From the basic search screen choose "keyword" and use the pull down menu to select "title." Now enter words that you know are in the title.

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Keyword Browse Exact
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Library:	search

This search will find "Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance."

Tips

Unique words work best
do not use 'the,' 'of', 'a,' etc. The catalogue will ignore these words.

Journal Titles

For details on how to find titles of Journals in the Library Catalogue, skip to Finding Journal Titles.

Skip to how to find books on the shelf.

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