Searching for a keyword
To search for a specific word or phrase, enter the word or phrase and press Enter or click the Keyword icon.
Note: Hitlists returned from keyword searches can be sorted by clicking on any column header that has an underline.
On the Title Information page, each occurrence of the keywords is highlighted.
Example: To search for items that have the word "rainbow" anywhere in their description, type rainbow. To search for items that contain the phrase "over the rainbow," type over the rainbow.
Getting too many results? Use Limiters (click on 'Limiters')to narrow your search to a specific reading level or interest level.
If you're having trouble finding an item with the keyword search, try using another word or search method. If your keyword search produces too many titles, try a Power search.
After you've done a search and found a few books that you would like to look at --- what do you need from the results to locate the books on our shelves?
Take just a moment to view these research skills instructions, which will help you be more comfortable finding the resources you need for assignments:
HOW TO FIND A BOOK AT ALLEN LIBRARY
Books are arranged on the shelves in numerical order according to the Dewey Decimal Classification System, which divides all books into ten classifications with numbers as follows:
000-099 GENERALITIES: encyclopedias, periodicals, newspapers, etc.
100-199 PHILOSOPHY: esthetics, psychology, logic, ethics, etc.
200-299 RELIGION: Bible, theology, church, etc.
300-399 SOCIAL STUDIES: sociology, economics, law, education, dtc.
400-499 LANGUAGE: dictionaires, grammars, readers, etc., in all languages
500-599 PURE SCIENCES: mathmatics, astronomy, physics, chemistry, etc.
600-699 TECHNOLOGY: engineering, agriculture, business, etc.
700-799 THE ARTS: architecture, sculpture, painitng, jmusic, etc.
800-899 LITERATURE: poetry, drama and essays in all languages
900-999 HISTORY: general geography, travel, histories of all countries and ages.
FICTION: Grouped separately and arranged alphabetically by the author's last name