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The Catalogue menu list allow you to select a catalogue or item description field using which you formulate a search. A catalogue has index entries which speed up the search. For example, the Author catalogue has names of authors (usually surname first.)
Relationships  
 
Contains This conducts the search for the word(s) you enter through library item detail description and the catalogue entries. Searching Bjarne through Author will fetch items by "Stroustrup, Bjarne".
Begins with Use this if you are searching for an author by surname, a key word by the leading term. The catalogues and the item details are also available for browsing. A browse through the key word catalogue gives a good idea of the subjects covered by the library collection.
Is This is useful if a search using an exact match is required.
Material Types  
  By default all the material types are selected. You can choose one or more of the material types. For example, CD-ROM and Books if you want the search result to include only CD-ROMS and Books but no artciles etc.
Years Range  
  By default all items are selected regardless of the publication year. You can provide a range of publication years such as 1996 and 1999 (4 digits, all numeric, provide both the upper and the lower limit). When a range is specified, items with publication years within this range are considered for inclusion in the result set.
Accession Dates Range  
  Accession Date is the date on which the item is acquired by the library. By default all items are considered for inclusion in the search, regardless of the date of accession. It is possible to define a range of dates, for example: 01/04/1999 and 31/08/99. That is items acquired between first of April and 31st of August in year 1999. (format is dd/mm/yyyy, both the dates in the range are needed.

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