A Keyword search looks for words anywhere in the record. Keyword searches are a good substitute for a subject search when you do not know the standard subject heading. Keyword may also be used as a substitute for a title or author search when you have incomplete title or author information. You may also use the Guided Keyword search option to combine search elements, group terms, or select indexes or fields to be searched.
To search by keyword, select Keyword from the search options and type the word(s) you wish to search. Keyword searches can retrieve a large number of results. Several options are available to help refine your search and results.
Quick Limits can be used when doing a keyword search.
Pre-set Limits can be selected before doing a keyword search.
Using the
Boolean Operators AND, OR, NOT:
AND: The operator AND narrows the search by retrieving only records contain both terms. If you do not insert AND between your search terms, it will be inserted automatically by CLIO. However, you will need to insert AND between search terms if Javascript is disabled on your computer.
 Example: |
renaissance italy is searched as renaissance AND italy |
OR: The operator OR broadens the search to include records containing either keyword, or both.
| Example: |
publishing or writing |
NOT: The operator NOT narrows the search by excluding unwanted words.
| Example: |
architecture not landscape |
To search exact phrases, enclose the phrase in quotes
Examples:
| Search: |
"artificial intelligence" |
| Search: |
"global warming" |
To group terms together, place them in parentheses.
Examples:
| Search: |
(residence or home or housing) and (elderly or aged) |
You may also use the Guided Keyword Search option to group search terms.
To find a term with variant spelling or endings, use a question mark (?) as a wildcard or truncation symbol
Examples:
| Search: |
child? |
| Finds: |
child, children, childhood, etc. |
| Search: |
lab?r |
| Finds: |
labor, labour, laborer, etc. |
To restrict a search to a specific index or field in the catalog record, use
field codes (see list below).
Examples:
| Search: |
nkey shakespeare and tkey hamlet |
| Finds: |
records with shakespeare in the author field and hamlet in the title field |
Field Codes
To search for a keyword in the: |
Use: |
| Keyword Anywhere |
gkey |
| Author name keyword |
nkey |
| Title keyword |
tkey |
| Subject heading keyword |
skey |
| Journal title keyword |
jkey |
| Music opus or thematic index number |
opus |
| Publisher number (music score, sound, video) |
npub |
| Place (city) of publication |
pubp |
| Publisher name keyword |
publ |
| Series title keyword |
seri |
| Contents note keyword |
note |
| ISBN international standard book number |
isbn |
| ISSN international standard serial number |
issn |
For more field codes,
click here.
Alternative Search Options
