Main Catalogue Access Points
Type the keyword(s) in the box below then press Enter or click the Submit button.
Type the keywords you want to find. For example:
- good to great
- Indian cooking
Other Searches:
Browse Lists:
Members of Bury Library Service can now access e-books and e-audio books.
You can search for e-audio books on the library catalogue, but at the moment e-books are not listed. We will be cataloguing these shortly.
Search Tips
AdjacencyMultiple words are searched together as one phrase.
Example : world health organization
WildcardsWords may be right-hand truncated using an asterisk. '*' for 1-5 characters, '**' for open-ended truncation, '?' to replace a single character anywhere within a word.
Examples : environment* polic*, comput**, wom?n,
Boolean OperatorsUse "and" or "or" to specify multiple words in any field, any order. Use "and not" to exclude words.
Example : stocks and bonds
Example : (alaska or canada) and (adventure and not vacation)
Proximity OperatorsUse "near" to specify words close to each other, in any order.
Example : california near university
Field limitsA field limit causes the system to search only the specified field for the specified word(s).
GroupingKeyword search results are usually grouped by relevance to bring the most likely titles to the top of the list. Each group represents a similar level of relevance and results are sorted within the group by date or title. To get an ungrouped result set, use boolean operators to form a complex query.
