Searching the catalogues

• Central Library catalogue
• TESOL Joint Use Library catalogue
• Purchase suggestion form

Searching the Central Library catalogue or the Classroom Resource Reviews (CRR) database

• Searching by title
• Searching by author
• Searching with a keyword
• Searching using subject terms
• Viewing and printing results

Searching by title

1. Click on the 'New search' link on the top right-hand side of the screen (labelled A).
2. In the first 'Find' box (labelled B), type the beginning of the title (not more than 3 words).
3. Select 'starts with this phrase' from the drop-down menu (labelled C).
4. Click on the 'Search' button.

Searching by author

1. Click on the 'New search' link on the top right-hand side of the screen (labelled A).
2. In the first 'Find' box (labelled B), type the author's surname.
3. Select 'matching exactly' from the drop-down menu (labelled C).
4. Select 'author' from the drop-down menu (labelled D).
5. Click on the 'Search' button.

Searching with a keyword

1. Click on the 'New search' link on the top right-hand side of the screen (labelled A).
2. In the first 'Find' box (labelled B), type the keywords (no more than 2).
3. Select 'keyword anywhere' from the drop-down menu (labelled D).
4. Click on the 'Search' button.

Searching using subject terms

1. Click on the 'New search' link on the top right-hand side of the screen (labelled A).
2. Then click on the 'Browse' tab (labelled E).
3. Type the subject that you would like to search into the 'search for' box.
4. Click on the 'Search' button.
5. This will result in an alphabetical list of all the subject headings that include the terms you entered. The numbers in brackets after the subject term indicate the number of items in the library with that term.
6. Click on the term to view a list of the items in the library on that subject.

Viewing and printing results

1. Your results should be displayed when you click 'Search'. If you have more than 20 results, and want to view the next 20 results, click 'Next' which is at the bottom right of the screen.
2. To print your search results, tick the box to the left of the titles that you want to print.
3. Scroll to the bottom of the screen, click 'View' button.
4. Scroll to the bottom of the screen, click 'Printable Page' button.
5. This will open up a new word document, which can be printed.
6. Books can be requested from the library, and will be posted if they are available, or reserved for you if they are already on loan.

Related resources:

• Library Services contact details
• Loan request form
• Membership form (Education Queensland staff)
• Professional collection
• Curriculum collection
• Resource evaluation

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