Find
What You Need in the Library Catalog
The Wicomico Public
Library is part of a consortium that includes the Worcester and
Somerset County Libraries and the Eastern Shore Regional Library.
The catalog includes materials owned by all four libraries.
You
can choose to search for materials in a single county or in the
entire consortium by clicking on the small down arrow next to
the county name. If the item you want is located inanother
county, request it and it can be delivered to your local library
for you.
You
can search for items by
- author
-- please type in the name last name first.
- title
-- type in as much or as little of the title as you wish.
- Word
-- this is the broadest search. It will find the words
you include anywhere in the title, author, subject, or description
of the item. Use AND between words when you want just the
items that have include both words. Use OR between words
when you want items that include at least one of the words.
If you are not sure of the exact author or title, use the
word search.
- Subject
-- this searches the subjects assigned to the item by library
staff. It is the best way to start looking for items on
a specific topic.
- Call
Number -- the call number identifies the subject of the item and
its location in the library. Searching by call number
is a good way to find items similar to something you have in hand.
- ISBN
-- the international standard book number is an identifier assigned
to items when they are published. It is a quick way to see
if the library has an item you have seen in a book store, catalog,
or online.
General
tips to remember
- capitalization
and punctuation are not considered in a search. "
People's" and "peoples" will get the same results.
- truncate
a word to find all the possible endings by adding an asterisk
to the end of the word. For example, child*
will find items with child, child's, children, childhood
- "stop
words" like the, an, a, and of
are ignored
- If you
don't see what you need, expand your search by using a word search
instead of an author, title, or subject search. or by searching
the entire consortium collection instead of an individual county
collection.
Finding
videos, music, cd's, etc.
- Start your search for an author, title, subject, or word
- Click on the Limit This Search button at the top of
the page
- Click on the small down arrow in the box beside Material
Type
- Select the format that you want (eg, cd, dvd, music cd, large
type....)
- Click on the Limit/Sort Items Retrieved button
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