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- (Registrations and recorded documents from 1978 to the present)
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- Keyword searching
- A single database that contains records of monographs, serials, and
recorded documents
- Basic Search screen and Other Search Options screen for advanced
searching
- Limit your search by date or a specific item type
- Links to online help is available at the top and bottom of each scre=
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- By using the Basic Search screen you can:
- Specify the search term
- Search by either Title, Name, Keyword, Registration Number, Document
Number, Command Keyword
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- A Title search finds works by title in the exact word order of the t=
itle
- Use this search when the exact title of the work is known
- Type the entire title, or the first few words of the title
- Omit initial articles, A, An, The, El, La, Das, etc.
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- Type your search term in the “Search for”: box
- Select the type of search from the “Search by”: screen=
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- Search by all names, such as author, claimant, party 1, party 2 , et=
c.
- To search by a personal name, type the last name first name
- To search by a corporate name, type the name in word order
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- A Keyword search finds words, or phrases located anywhere in the rec=
ord
- Use “ “ to surround exact phrases
- Type words or phrases in any order.=
All words will be searched, including “and”,
“the”, etc.
- Use ? to search for a variation of a word, for example comput? finds
compute, computer, computation
- Use + before words that must appear in every record retrieved
- Use ! before words that must not appear in any record retrieved
- Results will be ranked by relevance
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- All Copyright registration numbers must have a total of 12 character=
s
- Type 2 letters followed by 10 numbers, or 3 letters followed by 9
numbers
- Omit spaces and hyphens when typing the number
- Add leading zeroes to the numeric portion of the registration number=
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- All document numbers must have a total of nine characters
- The number after the “v” is always 4 digits; the number
after the “p” or “d” is always 3 digits
- Documents before V3400 use P + page number
- Documents after V3400 use D + page number
- Note: V5000 and V8000 also use P + page number.
- Omit spaces when typing the number
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- Select methods of limiting your searches below.
- Choose multiple Item Types by holding down the <Ctrl> key while
selecting.
- Click on “Set Search Limits.” The message “Search
limits are in effect until you click on Clear Search Limits” w=
ill
appear.
- Search limits will remain in effect until you specifically clear the=
m or
until you close your browser.
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- Limit your search by Date in 4 ways
- Search only one year
- Search a range of years
- Search for all years before a date
- Search for all years after a date
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- Use this limit to find a specific type of work
- Select multiple Item Types by holding down the <CTRL> key and
clicking a term (Example:
Limit search to Music and Sound Recordings)
- Limit your search to:
- Recorded Documents
- Text
- Serials
- Music
- Maps
- Sound Recordings
- Computer Files
- Motion Pictures
- Visual Materials
- Kits
- Mask Works
- Preregistration
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- Search for specific catalog records without knowing the complete tit=
le
or full personal or corporate name
- Search by keyword using Boolean operators to combine or exclude words
and phrases
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- Use Boolean operators to search for combinations of words or phrases.
Enter Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) in either uppercase or lowerc=
ase
- Boolean operators may be used with the Basic Search Command Keyword =
or
with Other Search Options.
- Boolean operators may not be used with the Basic Search types Title,
Name, Keyword, Registration Number or Document Number
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- AND narrows the search by requiring all terms to be found in the rec=
ord
- OR broadens the search by retrieving records if one or more of the t=
erms
is present
- NOT excludes terms from the search (use carefully, because NOT may
eliminate relevant material inadvertently)
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- Type a word or phrase in the “Search for:” box
- Select “all of these”, “any of these”, ̶=
0;as
a phrase” from the drop-down list
- “All of these”: all of the words you type in the
“Search for:” box must appear in the record
- “Any of these”: at least one of the words you type in t=
he
“Search for:” box will appear in the record
- “As a phrase”: the words you type in the “Search
for:” box must appear in the record in the order typed
- Select an index name (Keyword anywhere is the default index and perf=
orms
the broadest search)
- Click the “Begin Search” button to perform the search, O=
R
- Click AND, OR, NOT and fill in the next set of “Search
for:” boxes
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