Abridged vs. Unabridged

We had gotten a number of people asking for a clear distinction between abridged and unabridged audio books, as well as the ability to search for specifically abridged or unabridged. If you type in "abridged" as part of your search, for example, Goblet fire and abridged, you will only see the abridged versions. The problem has always been that the word abridged or unabridged was not in every record, so not everything would be found. Last week our cataloging department said they will "make sure that any new records will come through with Abridged or Unabridged in the edition statement."

Search by isbn #

You can! Just type the isbn in the search field on the home page of iBistro and it will automatically search for the number in all fields of the record.

Do a dual search - such as for 'beethoven" "symphonies"

On the advanced search page you can combine different search terms. On the quick search page you can do this as well, but you need to put them together with the Boolean operator AND. We're hoping our next catalog will not require this. In fact, it's a requirement. For more information on Boolean searching you can read our search tips.