Search Tips
Searching For Items:
Click on the GO button located to the right of the search box to browse the entire contents of Digital Collections.
For an exact, targeted search type into the search box the exact terms or phrases you want to search for, enclosing each term/phrase set in double quotation marks " ".
Examples:
- “fragmenta graeca”
- “IE TCD MS 1209”
Use the plus sign +, the minus sign -, and or (in lowercase) between term sets for AND, NOT, and OR searches.
Examples:
- +"waltz"+"robinson" [results MUST HAVE waltz AND Robinson]
- +"catalogue"+"trade"-"painting" [results MUST HAVE catalogue AND trade but NOT painting]
- "card games" or "trade catalogs" [results must contain EITHER the phrase card games OR the phrase trade catalogs]
Refining Your Search:
Searches may be further refined, if necessary, using the Limit your search options on the left side of the search results screen.
Watch Our Search Tips Videos
Digital Collections Search Guide - Exact Phrase Search
How to perform exact (targeted) searches on Digital Collections TCD using the example of the Dublin Apocalypse and its call number: "IE TCD MS 64”.
Digital Collections Search Guide - Using search operator +
How to use the search operator + within searches on Digital Collections TCD using the example: +"Robinson Collection" +"Home Rule"
Digital Collections Search Guide - Using search operator -
How to use the search operator + within searches on Digital Collections TCD using the example: +"Robinson" -"Home Rule"
Digital Collections Search Guide - Using search operator or
How to perform targeted searches on Digital Collections TCD using or and the example: "Charles Stewart Parnell" or "Isaac Butt".