Title searches retrieve the titles of books and journals in CLIO. Omit initial articles, punctuation, and accent marks. You do not need to type in the complete title; truncation is automatic.

t=european communities encyclopedia and directory.
t=european access
t=portrait of the regions
t=european studies newsletter

An author may be the name of a person, a conference, a governmental body, an institution, or an organization. For personal name searching, type the last name followed by the first name or initial; truncation is automatic. Try alternate forms of the name if no entries are found.

a=paxton, j
a=european federation
a=commission of the european communities
a=statistical office of the european communities

Use the exact form of a subject heading as it appears in the Library of Congress Subject Headings. Use two hyphens between subdivisions.

Search by Agency
s=european union
s=european coal and steel community

Search by Subject Subdivision
s=european federation--public opinion
s=european economic community--history
s=european economic community--foreign economic assistance

Search by Form of Publication
s=european union--archival resources
s=european federation--handbooks, manuals, etc.
s=european economic community--bibliography
s=european coal and steel community--periodicals

Search by Related Subject Headings
s=european union countries
s=environmental policy--europe
s=patents--europe
s=economic integration

Plain keyword searches retrieve any CLIO records which contain the keyword(s), whether part of the author, title, subject heading, contents note, etc. Keyword searches may be limited to search only certain parts of the record.