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Research Tools of KDI CL

Library Catalog Search

Use the "Library Catalog Search" to find books, e-books, articles, journals, working papers, theses, musics, videos and other media in the KDI Central Library's collection. 

 

* The Library catalog is an organized and searchable collection of records of every item in a library and can be found on the library home page. The catalog will point you to the location of a particular source, or group of sources, that the library owns on your topic.

Basic Search

▶ Basic Search: Start here for most searches

- Start with a basic search when exploring a new topic or looking for quick information.  
- A basic search may get you everything you need, or can be the first step to a more advanced search strategy, like using subject headings.

 

Whether you are searching by keywords, author, title, or subject, start by typing

what you are looking for into the library catalog search box.


 

Refine or limit your results by material type, author, publisher, publication year, language, location, etc.

Once you've done a search, you can improve your results by using options from the left side of your screen. Some of the ways you can limit your results:

Advanced Search

Advanced search: To quickly limit or combine search terms (and fast Boolean searching)

 

* Use Advanced search when:

  • You want to combine more than one type of search (for instance author and subject)
  • You want to limit in more than one way at once (for instance by material type, language, or date range)
  • You want to do quick Boolean searching (AND, OR or NOT)