Search Tips

Getting Started

• Enter at least one term in one of the search boxes; and
• Press the Perform Search button

Search Functionality

• This database uses keyword searching, not exact-phrase matching. For example, a search on the term "wide" will return results with the word "widening" and "Widell". Further, a search on the terms "wide gap" will find records where the two terms are not necessarily adjacent.
• Please avoid using punctuation when entering search terms, except in the case of call number searching.
• Truncation of search terms can be accomplished by using a shortened form of the term. The search term "rail" will match on "railroad", "railway", and "railroads", etc.

Some notes about database fields

• Author - For best results use the author's last name only. Most authors are entered in the database with last name and first initial.
• Title - refers to the title of conferences, journals, books and article titles in Technology Digest and TTCI Research Reports
• Call number - enter the number with no spaces, but include appropriate punctuation. Some records do not have a Dewey Decimcal call number, but a Library of Congress call number. To access reports with the Library of Congress call number, enter the call number in the LC Call Number field.
• ISBN/ISSN - enter the number with no spaces or dashes.