How to Search the Queensland Art Gallery Research Library Catalogue

Search Tips

Finding words and phrases

To do an…

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ARTIST’S or AUTHOR’S NAME search

In this format:  family name  personal name  i.e.  boyd arthur or  lee bul or cai guo qiang

(There is no need to use capital letters)

AND search

Use & between words i.e.   queensland & artists

OR search

Use / between words i.e.     museum / gallery

This will find either word (or both)

NOT search

Use ! to exclude words from your search i.e. gallery ! museum

PHRASE search

Type words in order of phrase i.e.  cape york

TRUNCATION search

Use * to find variations of words i.e.  galler*

DATE range search

Use : between the years you wish to search i.e.  2000:2006

No result?  Select ‘Advanced Search’ from the Library Catalogue menu