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Introduction

Library Catalog

Title Search

Author Search

Keyword Search

  -- AND, OR, NOT

  -- Phrase Search

Subject Search

Limiting

Truncation

Saving Searches

Printable Checklist

 

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Title Search: Eliminating Beginning Articles

Searching by title is one of the most commonly used searches. The first thing to know before conducting any title search is that the library catalog does not recognize the articles A, An, and The when they are at the beginning of a title. Start your title search with the first significant word instead.

Title example in LUIS

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