How to Search the Library Catalogue

To search the library catalogue, go to Click Catalogue from the menu bar How to Search the Library Catalogue

OR Go to the Library Catalogue directly via How to Search the Library Catalogue

You can search by Author, Title, Author/Title, Keywords, Subject, Call number, or ISBN/ISSN. How to Search the Library Catalogue

If you do a search author, click the Author link and type the LAST NAME first e.g. Gates Roger How to Search the Library Catalogue

To search by title, click the Title link and type the first few words of the TITLE, e.g. voyages of discovery. No need to key in any initial articles, “A”, “An”, “The” for the search. How to Search the Library Catalogue

You can also do an Author & Title search. Click the Author/Title link and input the information. e.g. Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice How to Search the Library Catalogue

You can search by any keyword or phrase from the fields of author, title, subject or note by using the keywords search. Click on the Keywords link to perform an Advanced Keyword Search. How to Search the Library Catalogue

To search for a topic that has two or more concepts, you can select AND from the drop down list, or type AND between them. e.g. (computer aided design) and arts How to Search the Library Catalogue

To look for items with terms that are related, select OR from the drop down list, or type OR between the terms. e.g. (computer aided design) or cad How to Search the Library Catalogue

To exclude unwanted word, select AND NOT from the drop down list, or type AND NOT before it. e.g. amazon and not river How to Search the Library Catalogue

Select NEAR from the drop down list to specify words close to each other in any order. e.g. nursing near community How to Search the Library Catalogue

To retrieve records that contain specified words in the relative order specified with the before expression, you can use BEFORE from the drop down list. e.g. security before science Note: Any number of words can appear between the specified words How to Search the Library Catalogue

To retrieve records that contain specified words in the relative order specified with the after expression, you can use AFTER to perform the search. e.g. science after security Note: Any number of words can appear between the specified words How to Search the Library Catalogue

You can also find all words that begin with the same root by adding ** after the root. e.g. comput** How to Search the Library Catalogue

If you just know the related subject or terms of the library material, you may perform a subject search. Click on the Subject link and type the subject or terms, e.g. environmental management to search. How to Search the Library Catalogue

The Call Number of a library item can be found on the spine of the item. You can use it to do a search. Click on the Call Number link and type the number. e.g. HA29.B to search. How to Search the Library Catalogue

The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) / International Standard Series Number (ISSN) are the unique number of a publication. You may use it to search by clicking the ISBN / ISSN link. e.g How to Search the Library Catalogue

To limit a search by Author, Title, Author/Title or Keywords, you can further select a Specific Collection to perform the search. The collection includes Further Studies and Career Centre, Audio Visual, Reference, and Serials Collection. How to Search the Library Catalogue

If you cannot find a specific title in our library catalogue, you may want to have another attempt with other library catalogues including PolyU Library and HKALL. How to Search the Library Catalogue

Alternatively, you can carry out a simple search via the quick search box on our main page, How to Search the Library Catalogue

Select one of the options from the drop-down menu Perform a search in the search box and click button How to Search the Library Catalogue

For details of how to use this search box, please refer to How to use quick search in the CPCE Libraries. How to Search the Library Catalogue

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