How to search the library catalogue
Home page
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In addition to links to various services and general information, the home page features a general search window.
Enter your search terms and click on the magnifying glass. By default, the terms will be searched in all bibliographic record data.
Conducting a simple search
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If the list of results is too long to find what you are looking for, you can :
Reduce the search to the catalogue of physical documents held in Athens only:
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(click on "all" at the end of the search window, select "Athens Library" and restart the search)
Or limit your search to online resources, in the same way (select "Online resources")
Filter your results using the resource filters under the search bar, to target a particular type of document, e.g. articles:
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Filter your results using the facets on the right of the results list. You can, for example
Narrow down your search to more specific types of document, such as theses and dissertations:
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(Unfold resource types, click on "Theses/Dissertations")
(remove the filter by clicking on the cross to the right of the filter at the top of the facets)
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Reduce your search to several subjects:
Place the mouse to the left of the desired subject, and click on the checkbox:
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Then select, and repeat the operation as many times as necessary, then click on "Apply filters":
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Exclude certain locations from the search:
Place the mouse to the right of the location to be excluded and click on the logo that appears:
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To exclude several locations, proceed as for the application of several selection criteria: place the mouse on the left of the location concerned and tick the box that appears, then tick the exclusion logo on the right, and tick the exclusion logos of the other locations to be excluded and finally, click on "Apply filters":
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Other sorting and filtering criteria are available in the facets.
Conducting an advanced search
From "advanced search" at the end of the search bar:
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You can add different criteria to your search, and in particular search for words or expressions in particular fields of bibliographic records by replacing "any field" with a specific field, by clicking on "any field":
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The default link between the different search criteria is "AND", but this can be changed:
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The first search gives no results (as at 08/12/2023). The second search returns 1442 results.
The truncation to use is *:
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The search thus configured looks for all the documents listed containing "Argos" or a word beginning with "argien" (thus argien, argiens, argienne, argiennes) in their title. It returns 1,466 results.
It should be noted that unless you limit your search to Bibliothèque d'Athènes or Ressources en ligne, a book can be either a printed book or an ebook. The same applies to journals.
Contents of a record
To see a complete record, click on the title or on availability ("Available at")
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To see the details of a copy, go down to the "obtain" section and unfold the white line "Copy on shelf" by clicking on the chevron at the end:
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The bibliographic description follows the "details" section.