1. Search the Library Catalogue
CPCE
Libraries
How to
Search the Library Catalogue

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

3. Go to the Library Catalogue directly via http://lib.cpce-polyu.edu.hk
How to Search the Library Catalogue
How to Search the Library Catalogue OR
Go to the Library Catalogue directly via

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

5. 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

6. 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.

7. 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

8. 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.

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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**

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. 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

19. 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.

20. 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.

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

22. 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

23. 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.

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