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General information:
The database provides "free text" search, which means you may search for words within selected fields of the records. Characters may be entered in upper or lower case. Searching is not case sensitive.
Boolean operators
Search expressions may be combined using the boolean operators AND, OR or NOT (if necessary with parentheses to avoid ambiguities). If you wish to search for phrases containing the words AND, OR or NOT, these words (or the whole phrase) must be quoted.
Truncation
When uncertain of spelling, you may block one or more characters using the truncation symbols. "?" or "#". Only right truncation is possible.
Too many hits?
For the time being there is a limit of 10 000 hits. If such a search result should occur, please narrow the search further. Please avoid commonly used words e.g. a , an, the etc.
Selecting a database:
You have a choice between the complete database and a number of subdatabases. For a description of the subdatabases, please click here
Specific search fields:
Person/Author/Person as subject/Translator/Illustrator
Any person associated with a work may be searched for under "Person" e.g. author, collector, editor, illustrator etc. Please bear in mind that it is necessary to invert the name of the person e.g. IBSEN, HENRIK
Further examples:
IBSEN,?
Any person with the surname IBSEN. (The question mark may be omitted)
IBSEN, H?
Any person with the surname IBSEN and a first name starting with H
IBSEN,? NOT IBSEN, HENRIK
Any person with the surname IBSEN except HENRIK IBSEN
Searching by name may be narrowed further by choosing the fields "Author", "Person as subject", "Translator" or "Illustrator"
Corporate name/Corporate name as subject
Any corporate name may be retrieved in this field. The search may be narrowed further by choosing the field "Corporate name as subject"
Word search
This field is for searching for words pertaining to title, series title, name of person, year of publication etc
Words from title
In this field you may search for any kind of title statement including uniform title. Please avoid frequently used words
Words from series title
Any series title and/or volume number may be retrieved in this field. Please avoid frequently used words
Place as subject
Search for places in Norway (and to some extent other parts of the world) may be performed in this field.
Dewey number
Unless the number is truncated, an exact match will be performed
Examples:
650?
650.1
ISBN
In this field you may search for ISBN (International Standard Book Number)
Examples:
82-7585-012-6
8275850126
Choose one or more countries from the pull-down menue if preferable in combination with other search fields.
Keep (ctrl) button down to mark countries which do not succeed each other in the list.
Keep (shift) button down to mark countries that succeed each other in the list.
Choose one or more languages from the pull-down menue if preferable in combination with other search fields.
Search for Norwegian (bokmål), New Norwegian, or English will give too many hits and consequently incorrect search result. Select the subdatabase Norwegian national bibliography-Norvegica extranea when searching for documents issued outside Norway.
Keep (ctrl) button down to mark languages which do not succeed each other in the list.
Keep (shift) button down to mark languages that succeed each other in the list.
Choose one or more languages from the pull-down menue if preferable in combination with other search fields.
Select the subdatabase Norwegian national bibliography-Norvegica extranea when searching for documents issued outside Norway
Keep (ctrl) button down to mark languages which do not succeed each other in the list.
Keep (shift) button down to mark languages that succeed each other in the list.
Year of publication
The search may be restricted to year of publication.
The same year in both fields restricts the search to that particular year. Blank first field means no lower limit. Blank second field means no upper limit. Leave both fields blank for no date restriction at all.
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