Advanced Search is a great way to search a known title, author, or a specific collection of materials. From the UC Library Search page, you can select the Advanced Search link to the right of the search box. Advanced Search allows you to search the following specific collections, also called scopes, including:
Select the appropriate radio button of the collection you want to search, use the various drop down menus to search specific fields, and add the title, author, subject, or keyword to search. Please note you can focus in on a certain format, language, and time frame as well.
For example, a researcher can tell UC Library Search to do the following using Advanced Search:
These steps ensure that the user does not retrieve book reviews, chapters, or videos with the words Capital in the Twenty-First Century somewhere in the record.
As mentioned above, Advanced Search allows you to search specific collections in UC Library Search, also called scopes.
In addition UC LIbrary Search's Simple and Advanced Search modes, users can also use the menu at the top of the UC Library Search page to access:
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