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Searching
the Site
Quick
Search
Use the Quick Search box at the top of the page to search
for books by either Author, Title, Series, Keyword or ISBN.
- Misspelt
words will show no results unless the misspelling is another
word, for example you might type 'cane' instead
of 'cave'
- The
search is not case sensitive so typing in the name 'brown'
or 'bROWN' will still show the same result as typing
in 'Brown'
Advanced
Search
The Indepth
Search page lets you search for books in a number of ways
allowing you to refine your search. Click
here to go to the Indepth Search. Below is some advice
on using the search section.
Author
Search
If
you know the name of the author the Search will find
it for you. You can type in the
Author's name and the search will search the database for
all books by that author. There
are various ways to search by author name, you must type
in the whole of a name and not just part of a name.
Title
Search
You can search for a book by title in various ways. You
can type in the keywords of a title, for example typing
'Charlie Great' will display 'Charlie and the Great Glass
Elevator'. Occasionally titles contain the ampersand
'&' so if you are using the word 'and' in a title and
are having no success you might try using '&', an example
would be 'Noughts & Crosses' by Malorie Blackman or
just typing 'Noughts Crosses'.
ISBN
Search
An easy way to search for a book is to type in the ISBN
number. This number is 10 digits long and is unique to a
specific book.
- Full
ISBN number
A full ISBN can be displayed with or without hyphens,
this could, for instance, be 0140868364
or 0-14-086836-4 . The information shown by typing
in this ISBN would display the information only for
that particular book. It would not show any other
version of that book, such as the hardback version
or the cassette version, if the book you are looking
for is a paperback.
- Part
of an ISBN
The first part of an ISBN is unique to a publisher
or an imprint, 0-7497 is the first part of the ISBN
for any book published by Mammoth and so typing in
only this part of the ISBN will result in all books
published by Mammoth with those first 5 numbers being
displayed. However you should note that some publishers
have more than one prefix to their ISBN numbers.
Why
can't I find what I'm looking for?
There
could be a number of different reasons why you can't find
the book or sort of books you're looking for. Here are a
few possibilities:
Spelling
Unfortunately spelling is very important when it comes to
searching databases, as one wrong letter will mean you won't
find what you're looking for. If you're not sure of the
spelling, try using a ? for the letter or letters you're
doubtful about. (e.g. barc?lona)
Book
not in the database
The database contains information on all UK available
titles from 3 months in advance of publication until the
books go out of print, and it is updated every day. If you
can't find a specific book and you're sure you have used
some of the exact words in the title, it's possible that
the book may not be in the database. Are you sure the book
is in print and available for sale in the UK?
Site
Index & Site Map
The
Site Index is an alphabetical
Index of pages on the website so that you can search for
specific content. The Site Map
is a visual layout of the website and shows what content
there is within the main pages of the site. Both of these
pages can be found on the Search section of the site by
clicking on the link at the top of the page.
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