Can't Find Anything Useful in the Catalog?

• The catalog is literal, matching exactly the terms you enter.
  
• Check your spelling.
  
• Use keyword searching. It is more flexible.
• Use truncation.

  Add two asterisks ** to the root word (word stem) and you will search all the words that begin with the root. For example: psycholog** will pick up psychology, psychological, psychologists, etc.

• For Keyword searches, you can try synonyms. Enclose synonyms in parentheses and the computer will search for either term. Example: ( ecology or environment )

  You can combine search techniques using "parentheses." Example: (ecology or environment) AND econom**

• Use fewer terms at a time. Example: If gang violence doesn't work, try just gangs or gang* (With gang* you get ganglia, etc.)