Using the Libraries: Access
Finding and Obtaining Materials
The Online Catalog
Major Libraries in Spain
Library Vocabulary
Below is a sample Advanced Search (búsqueda avanzada) screen from the University of Seville library catalog. This screen is similar to the Online Catalog at UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries. Remember your accent marks! (à á ç è é ì í ï ñ ò ó ù ú ü).
In the default Advanced Search screen below, Cualquier campo means "any field," which will do a keyword
(palabra clave) search throughout the entire catalog record. Change this to Autor or Títulos to
search by author or title. To combine search terms, you can use the pull-down menu on the left. The default
You can also restrict your search to English language works by changing Idioma to Inglés.
To use a simple search more similar to Google that automatically does a keyword search for you, go to the Simple Search or búsqueda simple screen.
Please note that, as with most American catalogs, to do an author search in a Spanish library catalog, you need to enter the author's last name first, followed by the author's first and middle name.
