The Search everything tab searches the following library resources
- Library catalogue – lending, reference, heritage and digital collections
- eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMusic, eFilms, eGraphic novels/eComics, eMagazines and eNewspapers/eJournals
- Tasmanian Names Index including convict, will, birth, death and marriage records
- Tasmanian Archives resources including digitised records
- Our website
- Tasmanian Index – references to articles in Tasmanian newspapers and journals from 1994 to 2010
For more detailed help and specific examples related to each resource, go to the help section for each tab:
Search hints and tips
Exact phrase search
If you want to search for an exact phrase, surround the phrase with double quotation marks, for example “slow cooking” will search for results in which the words slow and cooking appear next to each other.
Excluding a word from your search
Use “-” (minus) to exclude a word from your search. For example, diet -keto
Narrowing your search by author, title, series or subject
You can use All fields drop-down list to limit your search to author, title, series or subject.
Filtering your search results
On a PC or laptop
The filters on the left can be used to limit your search results.
Categories can be expanded by clicking the + icon and collapsed by clicking the – icon.
Tick the checkbox(es) and click the Select button to limit your search or click Ignore to remove records from your results.
If you only want to select one limit, just click on the word.
On a tablet or phone
Tap Filter Results at the top of the search results.
Under Limit by, tap what you want to limit by, for example: record type, format or location.
Tick the checkbox(es) and tap the Select button to limit your search or tap Ignore to remove records from your results.
Sorting your search results
The default sort for all results is by relevance.
If you are using a PC or laptop and your results are less than 1000 titles, you can re-sort by Year, Title or Author.