Searching Categories

You can search for subjects by categories, without typing any words. The search results can include books, other materials, or Web sites. The library decides what categories you can search.

Example:
Suppose the library offers the category Animals. You click Animals and see additional categories of animals, such as Wild Animals, Farm Animals, and Legendary Animals. You click Legendary Animals and see two categories, Dragons and Unicorns. When you click Dragons, you see a list of titles about dragons. Click a title to find the title.

Search a category

Follow these steps to search categories for books, Web sites, and other materials.

1. Click a category on the Children's Catalog home page.

   The illustration shows an example.

A list of subcategories or targets (or both) appears. Subcategories are just categories within categories. When you click a target, you may launch a search, see a list of titles, or go to a Web site.

2. Click a subcategory, or click a target.

   If you clicked a subcategory, you may see more subcategories, or targets (or both).

   You can move around in a category by clicking the links at the top of the page. They show the categories and subcategories you have already picked.

   • If you clicked a target that runs a search, you see the search results.
   • If you clicked a target that shows a bibliography, you see a list of titles in the bibliography. Click any title to start a search for the title.
   • If you clicked a target that connects to a Web site, the Web site opens on a separate page. When you are done with the Web site, click X in the top right corner of the page to close it and return to the Children's Catalog.
3. To clear your search results and go back to the home page, click the picture at the top of the Children's Catalog page.

Related Information

• Get more information about a title - See "Looking at Search Results".
• Ask the library to hold a title for you - See "Getting a Title From the Library".