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Guide to using Library Search

Use different features in Library Search to find the results you need, including books, articles, journals, video, audio, theses, past exam papers, course readings and more.

Browse Search

Browse search is a way to search defined lists of items in UQ Library when you know what you're looking for.

Browse search is not comprehensive. It does not include all online resources, such as articles and other material from databases. It primarily finds books, conference proceedings and theses, as well as some journals and audio/video.

The following are some ways you can filter your search in Browse search.

By subject

Use the subject search to find items by their subject headings, which are defined lists of subject terms from sources such as Library of Congress. It will find subject headings starting with your search terms

If you’re not sure of the exact subject heading, type your own search term(/s) and you can select the most relevant from the list of results.

By author

Filtering by author will find all items by a particular author or creator

You can enter a last name, first name in full or initial. For example Attenborough, David or Attenborough, d.

By title

Using the title filter is useful when you know the exact title or the start of the title. This search can also help you find entries in a series by entering the series title.

You can search by the full title or part of the title. The search will also exclude common words such as "a", "an", "the" if they are the first words in the title.

By local call numbers

Using this filter will find UQ Library assigned local call numbers starting with your search term. You can enter the full or first part of a call number.

By Library of Congress call numbers

You can use this filter to search for items that have been classified at a similar Library of Congress call number. It will find call numbers starting with your search term. 

You can enter the start of a call number to discover items on a similar topic, e.g. PN1991, or QC. If you are looking for a specific item you can enter the entire call number, e.g. GN25.K67 2012. To include the publication year, enter a space before it.