2. With power searching, you can construct complex, precise searches by writing Common Command Language (CCL) queries. Power searching is a good way to list records that share a combination of very specific characteristics.

4. This section lists the CQL (Common Query Language) commands and access points you can use to construct custom search filters for Polaris PowerPAC. Polaris Help --

6. Ti=title AU=Author AB=Assigned Branch --- Learn your 4 digit code COL=Collection Timeout=increase timeout from 30 to 60 KW=Keyword

7. Timeout=increase timeout from 30 to 60 KW=Keyword Quotes = exact – good for numbers * or ? = wildcards

8. Bibliographic Records or Item Records – Ti=Alchemist and AB=DCUE Au=Steinbeck and PD>1959 AB=DPLP and COL=*fiction not COL=Juvenile* KW=Abraham Lincoln not KW=Illinois and Timeout=60