Author Search

• An author search looks at the author of any item included in the catalog.
  • The notion of an author is here extended to include all those responsible for the creation of an item, including compilers, editors, illustrators, performers, directors, etc., as well as authors. Author searches will retrieve people and corporate bodies (organizations, institutions, etc.)
• You can perform an author search on both the Search Tab and the Guided Search Tab
• You do not have to capitalize any words in an author's name.
• Type in an author's name just as you would look it up in a telephone directory.
  Enter the last (family) name first, then first name, then any titles. For example,
  • To search for Virginia Woolf, enter woolf virginia
  • To search for Saint Sir Thomas More, enter more thomas.
    If you want to use his titles enter more thomas saint sir
• Enter as much of the author's name as you know.
• Do not use "A", "An", or "The" (or definite articles in any language) at the beginning of an author's name. For example,
  • To search for The Ford Motor Company, enter ford motor company

Author Search (Search Tab)

1. Select "Author Search" from the Search by: box.
2. Type in your search terms in the Search for: box.
3. Click or press the ENTER key.

Author Search (Guided Search Tab)

1. Type an author's name, last name first in a Search for: box.
2. Select "Author" from the corresponding Search by: option drop-down menu.
3. Click or press the ENTER key.

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Send comments and suggestions to Dick Swain, rswain@wcupa.edu

These pages last updated on 14 December 2000