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Author/Creator Sorted by Title retrieves materials by
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Basic Search - Author/ Creator Sorted by Title
The "Author/Creator Sorted by Title" search locates works
by the name of the author, and sorts the results by title, with
editions of the same work grouped together. Note: for librarians,
this is commonly referred to as a "name/title" search.
This search is particularly useful for finding works of musical
composers, as well as for authors whose works may have been issued
in many editions.
NOTE:
Search limits are not available.
Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT)
are not available.
References and Scope Notes:
In search results, some retrieved headings will not link directly
to catalog records, but will supply the user with links to related
headings or scope notes (marked with the ![[ More Info ]](/peth04/20041015041426im_/http://catalog.loc.gov/images/seealso.gif) icon) as illustrated in the
screen below.
Search Tips:
- In order to search the title portion of a heading directly,
you must enter the entire "name"
portion of the heading preceding author heading, including dates
when present (e.g. dvorak antonin 1841-1904 concerto...
).
- Always omit initial articles (a, an, the, das, el, la, etc.)
in any language.
- Always omit initial punctuation in any language (e.g., quotation
marks, ¿). Also, replace other punctuation with a space.
(Exception: drop apostrophes and close up the space.) See
examples, above.
- Searches are automatically truncated and retrieve catalog records
that begin with the words or phrases you enter. Do not use the
question mark (?) for truncation..
Alternative Search Options:
When the exact form and word order of an author heading
is not known, try either a Command
Keyword or a Guided
Search using the words of the author's name and the title
that you do know with Boolean operators (e.g., gottschalk
AND mazurkas).
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