TITLE SEARCH
Search By:
Click on the circle to the left of the word "Title". A bullet will appear in the
circle when properly selected.
Search For:
Type in the title, or first few words of the title, that you are searching. See
the sample searches below.
Search At:
Click on the box to the left of the library or libraries you wish to search. A
check mark will appear in those boxes when properly selected. Click on the box
selected again to remove a selection.
To simultaneously search all 7 libraries listed, click on the hyperlink "Search
all seven listed libraries". A check mark will appear in all
7 boxes when properly selected. Click on this hyperlink again to remove all 7
selections.
To search the Altoona Area Public Library catalog, click on the link at the
bottom of the page.
Submit/Reset:
Click on "Submit" to begin the search.
Click on "Reset" to clear your selections. The "Search By" field will default to
"Keyword"
SAMPLE SEARCHES
Sample "Exact Title" Search:
To find a copy of Shakespeare's King Henry the Eighth in either the
Bellwood-Antis or Tyrone-Snyder Township Public Libraries:
Select "Title" as the mode under which you will search.
Type in "King Henry the Eighth" as the exact title for which you are searching.
Select Bellwood-Antis Public Library.
Select Tyrone-Snyder Township Public Library.
Submit.
The
return screen will present the Bellwood-Antis catalog in one frame and
the Tyrone-Snyder Township catalog in another. If the exact title requested is
held, King Henry the Eighth will be the first title listed. Other titles in the
catalog will follow in alphabetical order. In this case you see that the
Bellwood-Antis Public Library has a copy available.
Sample
"Start of Title" Search:
To find a list of titles beginning with "King Henry" in the Claysburg, Hollidaysburg, and Martinsburg Libraries:
Select "Title" as the mode under which you will search.
Type in "King Henry" as the start of the title for which you are searching.
Select Claysburg Area Public Library .
Select Hollidaysburg Community Library.
Select Martinsburg Community Library.
Submit.
The return screen will present each of the three catalogs in separate frames. Each title beginning with the term "King Henry" will be displayed in alphabetical order for each library. Scroll down the list in each frame individually to see all titles beginning with "King Henry" in the selected libraries. Notice that titles beginning with an article (A, An, and The) are alphabetized as though the article does not exist. Notice also that none of the selected libraries has King Henry the Eighth in a single title volume.