HOW TO SEARCH, continued

Step 2: Refining Your Search

At the top and bottom of the browse screen are options to further refine your search:

Start over: Returns you to the main menu in the Dance Catalog.

Another search: Returns you to the same index (i.e., subject) in which you just searched.



Word Search: In an author, subject, or title search, allows you to perform the same search using the words index.

Limit/Sort: Narrows your search about a person or subject. The terms used to limit the search are based on codes in the catalog record:

• Limit by material type:
  • Printed material: published books, programs, clippings, articles,microfilm
  • Archival material: unpublished manuscripts, transcripts, manuscript collections
  • Printed music: published music scores
  • Ms music: unpublished/handwritten music scores
  • Print map: published/printed maps
  • Ms map: unpublished/hand-drawn maps
  • Proj medium: films, video recordings, slides
  • Spoken word: sound recordings of oral histories, interviews, speeches
  • Sound record: sound recordings of music, sound effects
  • 2-D graphic: photographs, paintings, drawings, slides, prints, designs
  • Computer file: CD-Roms, diskettes
  • 3-D object: artifacts, sculptures, medals
• Limit by year of publication
• Limit by language
• Limit by words in the author, title, or subject

Other options listed across the top and bottom of the display facilitate your search:

Extended display: Shows the title, call number, and sometimes material format of the item(s) listed. Brief display returns you back to the index list.

Next page: Takes you to the next page in the list of entries.

Previous page: Returns you to the previous page in the list of entries.

E-mail: Allows you to send the search results to an e-mail address.

From the browse list, click on specific entries to get the full display of the record(s).