Searching for books & media:UNH Library Catalog (and beyond) with Advanced Search, below (Advanced Search is available for: the UNH Library Catalog; Books & Media Worldwide; and Firstsearch Worldcat);
Example of a keyword search and subject search for the topic ofintegrated circuits
Exampleof a keyword search for words in a title: schaums linear
Heaviside Oliver Note: Keywords can be in any order, but authors and subjects that are people should be typed in Lastname, Firstname or Lastname, First-initial: Heavidside, O..
computer operating system -- can be interpreted as: computer AND operating AND system "computer operating system" -- is usually interpreted as a phrase (the words adjacent to each other and in order, just as you input them) computer and "operating system" -- this will be interpreted as the phrase operating system with the word computer somewhere in the entry.
For any ending, use the wildcard * (asterisk), example: vehic* [vehicle, vehicles, vehicular]
AND, OR, NOT -- it's Boolean logic (Smile! see tip sheet)
Searching for images: This is a specialty search that most systems do not support, although some show thumbnails so you can tell if an image is included. Google Images and ScienceDirect's search of Elsevier scholarly journals are two resources. Flipping through books or encyclopedias in the library works, too!
