Entering a Search Term
After you choose a search option, you can enter a search term. A search term is the text you want to find. If you choose a keyword search, Horizon searches for the terms exactly as you enter them. If you choose an alphabetical search, Horizon searches for the entry with the closest spelling to your term. When you enter a search term (for example, a subject keyword), follow these guidelines:
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Capitalization. You can enter search requests in either uppercase or lowercase letters. The search functions are not case sensitive. |
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Hyphenation. Horizon searches for hyphenated words as two separate words. Therefore, you can enter hyphenated terms (such as “cease-fire” or “trade-in”) with or without a hyphen. However, if you do not include the hyphen, be sure to enter the term as two words (for example, “trade in”, not “tradein”). |
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Punctuation. Punctuation (apostrophes, commas, periods, accent marks, multiple spaces, and so forth) does not affect the search. However, you can use certain punctuation marks, such as parentheses, to limit or expand searches. |
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Significant Digits. In staff searching, you can search for items by barcode. This lets you enter a barcode that represents a unique match in the database. If you want to, you can enter just the significant digits of an item barcode (the digits after the leading zeros). Horizon adds the prefix and the leading zeros to construct the entire barcode and identify it as unique. |
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