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New search
How to search
What am I searching?
Searching for articles
Signing in
Making requests
Keeping items
Using eShelf
Comments & reviews
What are tags?
Saving searches & alerts
Preferences
Terms of use
Known issues
Feedback
 
 

Using the new-style Search

The following pages will assist you to maximise the effectiveness of your searching, as well as to learn more about using new features such as tagging, comments and reviews, and eShelf.

How to search

Hints for doing a simple search, entering search terms, limiting your results before you search and refining your search afterwards to ensure you find exactly what you want.

What am I searching?

An explanation of the six tab options: 'All collections', 'Books and more', 'Article databases', 'Maps', 'Pictures', and 'Manuscripts'.

Searching for articles

How to search for and access articles from newspapers, journals and magazines.

Signing in

You can access a range of new features and additional resources if you sign in as a registered Library user.

Making requests

How to place a request to collect an item that is in onsite or offsite storage.

Keeping items

Keep a record of catalogue items you find by printing, emailing or saving them.

Using eShelf

Information about eShelf, your own personal workspace where you can save searches, add notes to saved items and more.

Comments & reviews

How to contribute your own comments and reviews to items in our collection.

What are tags?

How to add your own tags to items and how you can search using tags others have added to items.

Saving searches & alerts

You can save your searches to run automatically and send the results to your email address or feed reader.

Preferences

Choose how you would like your search results displayed and save your preferred email address.

Terms of use

Terms of use for contributing comments, reviews and tags.

Known issues

A list of the known technical issues we are working on resolving.

Feedback

Tell us what you think about our new-style Search.

 
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