Search QCAT, the catalogue of the Queen's University Library, by Author, Title, Keyword/Keyword Boolean, Subject Heading, or Call Number to find books and other materials in our collection. Keyword Boolean searching can be very useful to find books on topics or information in other formats, especially if you don't know the correct subject heading, or specific author or title.
Search by Keyword Boolean using “and”, “or”, “not” to combine terms
Narrow or refine search by adding other terms: e.g.
music and theatre and greece
greek and music and disc
Broaden search using the "?" symbol to truncate for variable word endings (e.g. nouns, adjectives, singular or plural) or by using "or" between similar or possible terms nested in brackets: e.g.
cultur? and ethnocentri? [for ethnocentric or ethnocentrism]
music and theat? and ancient and (greece or greek)
tango? and (disc or sound or video?) (for music or dance on sound or videorecordings)
Use quotes around a phrase or concept: e.g.
"oedipus rex" (for titles of films, plays or songs)
"cultural relativism" (use for concept of two or more words)
"cultural construction?" (use ? truncation symbol to retrieve singular or plural form)
Limit large result sets by library location or by using "not": e.g.
tango? (limit to Music Collection (in Stauffer Library) for music; to Stauffer Library for dance/interdisciplinary materials)
beethoven and symphon? and "op. 68" not (disc or sound) (to find books and/or scores only)
From your results, select useful titles and click on the subjects assigned to find other books on your topic.
