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Catalogue help

The

Quick Search

 is the home page of the catalogue.

quick search help

The first option you get to search on is

Title

Click on the arrow by the box to choose another option, like

Author

, or

Keyword:

  • Title: use this when you know the exact title, use Title Keyword when you only know some of the title
  • Author: type in lastname, firstname
  • Keyword: type in the subject, what it is about
  • Title/Keyword: use this when you are not sure of the exact title

The second option you get is to search either Auckland City Libraries' entire collection or for children's items only.

  • Click 'Go' for everything Auckland City Libraries has
  • Click 'Go Kids' for children's fiction and non-fiction collections

Quick search

also has links to

Guided Search

 and

Advanced Search

. These are also good options for searching. Guided search takes you through a search step-by-step, while Advanced search gives you more options, such as searching by material type (DVD, Audio book) and language.

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