Field Searches

Specify fields to search by using field abbreviations. Fields available for in the Lakeland catalog are a: (author), t: (title), s: (subject), and n: (note.) Use Boolean operators to combine field searches. When combining field searches, enclose each field search in parenthesis.

Examples of how to format a field search are below.

Author:	a:twain retrieves the author Mark Twain.
Title:	t:huck* retrieves The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Subject:	(s:iraq) retrieves items on the subject of Iraq
Note:	n:DVD retrieves items in DVD format (The note field contains format and special feature information like closed captioning.)
Combined:	(s:iraq) AND (t:weapons of mass destruction) retrieves titles with "weapons of mass destruction" about the subject Iraq.