Hints for Searching by Title

If you know the title of the book you are searching for, click on Title at the Library Catalog. The Title Search Screen will appear. You may then type all or part of the title for which you are searching.  Press the "Enter" key and a list of titles matching or closely matching your entry will appear.

Helpful Hints

• You may type the title in upper- or lower-case letters.
• You may omit initial articles in English-language titles (i.e., "a," "an," and "the," when these articles occur at the beginning of the title). Keep in mind that you must type in initial articles when searching for foreign-language titles. 
• Use the backspace key to erase typographical errors.
• It is not necessary to type out the entire title; however, you may NOT omit words or letters at the beginning or middle of the title (with exception of the articles noted above). 
• It is not necessary to type in punctuation marks. All punctuation is ignored in searching.
• The symbols $, +, #, &, and % can be searched (see example below).
• Use the vertical bar (|) when you do NOT want to truncate a word. For example, if you are searching for a book titled The Cat, you can avoid retrieving titles beginning with words such as "catalog" or "catastrophe" by typing in "Cat|"
• You may type either an ampersand (&) or the word "and."
• If you are uncertain of the exact title, you might be able to find the title using Keyword Search.

Here are some examples:
    Example--> Pride and Prejudice
    Or just--> Pride and pre

    Example--> For whom the bell tolls
         Or--> For whom the bell
        NOT--> the bell tolls 

    Example--> C++ for dummies

    Example--> A call to honor
         Or--> Call to honor

    Example--> $5 a day chef

    Example--> La casa de los espiritus
    Or just--> La casa de los
        NOT--> Casa de los espiritus
        NOT--> La casa de espiritus

    Example--> It's nobody's fault
         Or--> Its nobodys fault