Search
At any time you can clear your search and start your search again by clicking the
reset icon
(1).
The first search drop-down allows you to choose 1 of the 2 resources in the Library Catalogue tab to search.
It is often worthwhile to initially search everything as you may discover unexpected resources and you are easily able to limit your results to specific types of records (e.g. eBooks).
Enter your search into the search box and press the Enter key or click the search icon
(2).
You can search for a single word or multiple words or a phrase.
If you want an exact phrase you may need to surround the phrase with double quotation marks if the words are commonly used.
Search examples:
- murder
- twilight dvd meyer
- "wind in the willows"
Limiting your results
The categories to the left of your results can be used to limit your results:
The New (Last 30 days), Fiction, Availability, Format (Specific), Fiction Genre, Non Fiction Category and Library categories are expanded.
The other categories can be expanded by clicking the + icon:
For each expanded category the top 5 limits display.
To select a limit(s), click the checkbox(es) and click the
Select button:
Records can be removed from your results by clicking the
Ignore button:
If there are more than 5 limits, all can be displayed by selecting
View All (3).
Options may be sorted A to Z and the required limits selected or ignored:
Multiple listings for the same entry
Often there are multiple listings for the same entry in the Limit lists due to ending punctuation or typing errors. This is very common in the Author lists.
For example, the top 5 Author entries contain Christie, Agatha
However if you click
View All and sort alphabetically to check for other variations you are able to select three
additional entries you would have missed if you hadn't viewed the full list of authors:
Year limits
The year category always displays 5 limits:
When you select a range, the years are split into 5 more limit ranges allowing you to continue to drill down until single years display:
Sorting
The default sort for all results is by relevance.
If your results are less than 1000 titles you can re-sort by Year, Title or Author:
Select an Action
You can select records on your results page by clicking the checkboxes to the left of the images or you can select all 12 records
on the page by clicking the select all checkbox
(4)
The
Select an Action drop-down allows you to perform actions on your selected records:
- Add the record to a list – see
My Lists help
- Place a hold on the record – see
Placing holds help
- Email the record
- Change to a print friendly browser view
Full record detail
Click on the image or title of a record in your search results to view the full record:
Clicking the blue links will perform a new search for the words in that link.
For example, a subject search for "Terrorists Fiction" or an author search for "Margolin Phillip"
If the record is part of the library catalogue the locations of library copies display
(5)
The action icons
(6) allow you to:
Click Permalink to display the unique web address for this record which you can bookmark in your browser:
If the record in the search result is an eBook, eComin, eFilm, eAudio or eMagazine you will need to be a LINC Tasmania member to download the resource.
You can download the resource by clicking on
Digital Download link on the search results page or on the full record view:
Full details tab
The full detail display can display an additional 5 tabs:
Library Thing tab
Library Thing (www.librarything.com) is an online service providing tags, related and similar titles, reviews, and ratings.
You are able to add your own personal review of a title to Library Thing.
Summary tab
Some titles display an additional description of the title in the summary tab:
Google Preview tab
Some titles display a preview of the title in Google preview tab:
Library View tab
The full library MARC record is displayed in the Library View tab
User Comments tab
You are able to add your own personal review of a title to the User Comments tab:
New titles
You do not need to enter a search term or phrase to commence your search.
Click the
reset icon
(1) to clear any of your searches and then click the search icon
(2):
All records will display in your search results and you can use the search limits to limit your results to new titles.
by clicking on the NEW limit
(7)
:
All titles added in the previous 30 days display:
You could then select the Fiction Genre limit to select 281 new crime titles:
Or you could select the Non Fiction Category limit to select 71 new food/drink titles:
Children and/or youth titles
The Audience limit allows you to limit your results to Children and/or Youth titles by selecting your limit(s) and clicking the
Select button:
If you wish to exclude children/youth titles to ensure you are only displaying adult titles, click the
Ignore button:
Foreign language titles
To display all titles in a specific language, click the reset icon
(1) to clear any of your searches and then click the search icon
(2) to return all items:
Scroll to the end of the page to see the search limit for
Language:
Select a language - click on
View All if your language doesn't display in the top 5 languages
Restricting to English
If a search has returned foreign language titles, select
View All (8), click the select all checkbox
(9) and click the Ignore button:
