Simple Keyword Search

Type the keyword(s) in the box below then press Enter or click the Submit button.

Type the keyword you want to find. For example:

good to great

Indian cooking

Title Search

Type the title you want to find, then press the Enter key or click Submit.

Type as much or as little of the title as you want. For example:

merchant of venice

merchant of v

merchant

Author Search

Type the author you want to find, then press the Enter key or click Submit.

Type the author's or artist's last name first. For example:

shakespeare

shakespeare, william

angelou, m

You may also type the name of an organization or governmental body. For example:

United States Congress

American Medical Association

Subject Search

Type the subject you want to find, then press the Enter key or click Submit.

Type as much or as little of the subject as you want. For example:

children's rights

motion pictures

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865

The subject search uses a specific, controlled vocabulary for describing Library material. If you do not find what you are looking for in the subject index, try a keyword search or ask a Librarian for assistance.

Journal Title Search

Type the journal title you want to find, then press the Enter key or click Submit.

Type as much or as little of the journal title as you want beginning with the first word of the journal title. For example:

Comparative Political Studies

Journal of American Studies

Newsweek

List of Full Text Electronic Magazines and Journals If you are unsure of the exact title, use the keyword search option.

Call Number Search

Type the call number you want to find, then press the Enter key or click Submit.

Type as much or as little of the call number as you want. For example:

GV223B8

GV223

PS3507A7327

PS3507A

Local Call Number Search

Type the local call number you want to find, then press the Enter key or click Submit.

Call numbers found through this search option are for cataloged nonbook material including sound recordings, kits, art prints, DVD's, computer disks, etc. For example:

VR 550

CD 35

Government Document Call Number

Type the government document call number, then press the Enter key or click Submit.

Type in as much of the Superintendent of Documents call number or Nebraska Documents call number as you know. Type spacing and punctuation exactly as it appears. For example:

SI 1.2 P99

SI 1.2

SI 1

Standard Number Search

Type the standard number (ISBN or ISSN), then press the Enter key or click Submit.

Use this screen to search ISBN, ISSN, Coden, LCCN, Music Number (sound recordings and scores), technical report numbers, and film numbers. Punctuation and spaces can be omitted if desired. For example:

ISBN example ................ 0517628554

ISSN example ................ 0303-7207

Music Number example ... AR 79

LCCN example ................ 89187803 or 89001211

Search Tips
Adjacency	Multiple words are searched together as one phrase. Example : world health organization
Wildcards	Words may be right-hand truncated using an asterisk. '' for 1-5 characters, '' for open-ended truncation, '?' to replace a single character anywhere within a word. Examples : environment polic, comput*, wom?n
Boolean Operators	Use "and" or "or" to specify multiple words in any field, any order. Use "and not" to exclude words. Example : stocks and bonds Example : (alaska or canada) and (adventure and not vacation)
Proximity Operators	Use "near" to specify words close to each other, in any order. Example : california near university
Field limits	A field limit causes the system to search only the specified field for the specified word(s).
Grouping	Keyword search results are usually grouped by relevance to bring the most likely titles to the top of the list. Each group represents a similar level of relevance and results are sorted within the group by date or title. To get an ungrouped result set, use boolean operators to form a complex query.