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General text search
Search for words anywhere in the item records. Use * for wildcard searching (e.g. *east would bring up records with the words 'northeast', 'feast', etc; east* would bring up records with the words 'eastern', 'eastward', etc.)
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Associated person
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You can choose whether to restrict your search to only those objects for which we have images. Please note that no book records have images currently.
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Use this to sort your results by name, title, date or object reference number.
General text search
Search for words anywhere in the item records. Use * for wildcard searching (e.g. *east would bring up records with the words 'northeast', 'feast', etc; east* would bring up records with the words 'eastern', 'eastward', etc.)
Shelfmark
If you already know the shelfmark of the book you’re searching for, use this. If you wish to limit the results to manuscripts only, enter ‘MS’ in this field.
Name
Put the name of a person or organisation into this box to get records associated with that name. You may need to search name variants, e.g. ‘Manuzio’ and ‘Manutius’.
Title
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Publisher/bookseller
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Place of publication
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Subject
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Provenance
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Binding
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Reference
This searches for the book reference code, e.g. B26827
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General text search
Search for words anywhere in the item records. Use * for wildcard searching (e.g. *east would bring up records with the words 'northeast', 'feast', etc; east* would bring up records with the words 'eastern', 'eastward', etc.)
Name (person/organisation)
Put the name of a person or organisation into this box to get records associated with that name. You may need to search name variants, e.g. ‘Manuzio’ and ‘Manutius’.
Reference code
If you already know the archive reference for the record you're searching for, use this.
Earliest date
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To get items for a single date or a single year, put that date or year in both boxes. If you want items created after a certain date, put that date in the first box. If you want items created before a certain date, put that date in the second box. If you want items within a range of dates use both boxes.
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SLD: Slides
SCH: School records
MISC: Miscellaneous organisations
ED: Deposited records
ECL MSS: Literary archives & personal papers
COLL: College records
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