Keyword Search
Enter the words or phrase you wish to search for in the entire record. For example:
- local foods: searches for local and foods anywhere in the same record
- "local foods": use quotes to search for the phrase "local foods"
Addison no longer contains records for most ebooks. We recommend using Summon to search for ebooks (and more).
Title Search
Enter all or part of the title, starting at the beginning. Title words must be in exact order. You may include the initial articles "The", "An", "A" in your search, but you should exclude non-English initial articles, such as "Die," "Las," or "Un.". If you are unsure of the title, try a Keyword search. For example:
- animal vegetable miracle
- animal vege
When searching for items whose first word looks like an initial article, i.e. "A Is For America" repeat the initial word twice to account for the system's dropping of initial articles. For example, search "a a is for america."
Addison no longer contains records for most ebooks. We recommend using the Ebook title search page to find ebooks by title.
Journal Title
Enter all or part of the title, starting at the beginning. Title words must be in exact order. Do not include initial articles like THE, AN, or A.
For Example:
- environmental politics
- environmental poli
- roanoke times
Search only Addison journal records
When searching for items whose first word looks like an initial article, i.e. "THE Journal," repeat the initial word twice to account for the system's dropping of initial articles. For example, search "the the journal."
Author Search
Enter all or part of an author's or artist's name, last name first. For example:
- kingsolver barbara
- kingsolver
- shakespeare w
You may also type the full or partial name of an organization or group. For example:
- united states congress
- american medical
Addison no longer contains records for most ebooks. We recommend using Summon to search for ebooks by author.
Author/Title
Enter all or part of an author's or artist's name, last name first. You may also type the full or partial name of an organization or group. For example:
- kingsolver barbara
- kingsolver
- united states congress
Type as many or as few of the words in the title as you want, in any order. For example:
- animal vegetable miracle
- animal vege
Addison no longer contains records for ebooks. We recommend using Summon to search for ebooks.
Subject
Only use Library of Congress Subject Headings or Medical Subject Headings. If you don't know the exact phrasing of the subject heading, use the Advanced Search screen and limit to Subject. For example:
- farm life appalachian region
- food habits appalachian region
- neoplasms
Notes on Medical Subject Headings (MeSH): For many years, MeSH terms were removed from records before they were added to Addison. More recently, MeSH terms were left in the record, but hidden from view and unsearchable. Now MeSH terms are searchable and appear near any Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). We may add MeSH terms back to a select number of records, but replacing the terms removed from all modified records is extremely unlikely.
Addison no longer contains records for most ebooks. We recommend using Summon to search for ebooks.
Number
- Library of Congress call number
- Type as much or as little of the call number as you wish. Punctuation and spaces do not matter. Examples: HC79.E5 G635; ld5679; qh546.w.
- Government Document number
- Punctuation and spaces are important; capitalization is not. Examples: A93.73:64; D 1.6/2:F 33.
- Other call number
- Search for videos, sound recordings, and other non-standard call numbers. Examples: DVD 1481; Video 8042; Compact Disc 4036.
- ISSN/ISBN
- Type as much or as little of the ISBN or ISSN as you want. Punctuation and spaces may be omitted. Examples: 9780385527828; 0303-7207.
- OCLC number
- Example: 251202208
