Search Tips
- Truncation and wildcards are supported.
- Use * for any number of characters (librar* finds library, libraries, and librarian).
- Use ? for a single character (wom?n finds woman and women).
- For best results, truncate at the root of a word. Because word-stemming is applied automatically, librar* finds far more than libraries*.
- Use quotation marks to search as an exact phrase. Wildcards do not work inside quotation marks.
- Use capitalized OR, AND, and NOT to create complex boolean logic.
- Word-stemming is automatic on ordinary searches, so running also finds run.
- Avoid typing a question mark as punctuation — it is treated as a wildcard.
- Access more help at the KB.
Contact Information
2850 East Discovery ParkwayBloomington, IN, 47408
812-855-4673
libcirc@iu.edu
Campus Parking
Website
Notes
The Auxiliary Library Facility (ALF) is not open to the public for browsing, but all materials housed in the ALF are available through Request Delivery. (Allow one day for delivery of materials.) For ALF off-site retrieval policies, information, and request forms, see Request From ALF.