Online Card Catalogue
Searching tips
To search for a specific book
enter the authors, editors, organisations or series plus the first word of the title. Eg to find D.H. Lawrence's Sons and lovers enter:
author: lawrence d*
title: sons
Always use the * after the author's first initial
Only enter the first word of the title
It is very important to use the asterisk * as a wildcard unless you type the whole of the heading For example: Lawrence D will not retrieve Lawrence David Herbert but Lawrence D* will, as will Lawrence David Herbert
To search for books by a specific authorenter the author's surname followed by the first initial (or more of the forename/s if the name is common) followed by the asterisk
Unsure of the author's name?
Just enter what you know, surrounded with asterisks. Eg: *aquinas* would retrieve Aquinas Thomas or Thomas Aquinas
Do not enter any punctuation
To search for books on a subject
select the Subject Catalogue and enter a word or phrase surrounded with asterisks. Eg *paris* will retrieve Paris - History as well as Buildings - France - Paris.
Technical information
Please note that the Online Card Catalogue requires Internet Explorer and is not compatible with Macs.
The first time you view a card you will be prompted to download a browser plugin.