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Simple search allows you to search the catalogue with only a topic in mind and even when you do not have an exact title or author.

The keyword index includes significant words from titles of books, journals and series, corporate, personal and conference names, contents notes but excludes subject headings.

Click on Simple search.

At the search box, type in your keywords. E.g. India and (aged or elderly)

See also Truncation.

Keyword Search Screen

A list of records with the keywords you typed is shown. By default, the list is sorted by date of publication.

Keyword list shown

Browse the list and click on the relevant records. You may click on the box in the Mark column next to the record to mark and save records.

Full record

When viewing the full record, take note of the Location and Call # of the item. Some records have table of contents showing the chapters in the book.

When viewing a relevant record, look at the SUBJECTS used. Click on one of the subjects used to find other items on the same topic, e.g. Older people -- India -- Social conditions.

Click on Modify Search to change the terms you have typed, click on Another Search to do new keyword search or click on Start Over to search by another option.

Full record with table of contents

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