keywords

·  Use “+” to search for two or more words at a time (eg gold + Ballarat); ·  Don’t include small words like “at”, “a”, “in”, “of”, “the” etc; ·  Use complex keywords and phrases (eg gold + Ballarat + Peter + Lalor) ·  Use quotation marks to search for an exact phrase, such as a title or a person’s name; ·  Use nouns instead of verbs (that is, proper names instead of doing words); ·  Try using the “advanced search’ to help focus your results; ·  Look at any subject headings listed in a catalogue – they take you to other books on the same topic.