Browse WebDewey
Learn how to effectively browse WebDewey.
Browse WebDewey
- On any screen, click Browse.
- On the Browse WebDewey screen, enter a term in the form field.
- Select the index to browse from the following indexes:
- Dewey Numbers (with Captions) (default)
- Relative Index
- LCSH
- MeSH
- Sears
- Click Browse or press <Enter>.
Tips for effective browsing
- Most search techniques (truncation, character masking, Boolean operators, grouping) cannot be used in browse queries. The browse term you enter is matched — character by character, from left to right — against the characters of the terms in the index.
- Browse to determine whether a subject term occurs in a WebDewey index.
- Browse to identify alternative terms for the desired subject that do occur in a WebDewey index.