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The Wise catalog is accessed by selecting Catalog from the task bar, or by clicking on the Catalog box on the staff client home screen. To open an additional catalog screen, go to Catalog > 2nd Catalog. The staff client catalog does not include titles from Hoopla, Overdrive, or other digital content providers.

Navigation and filter buttons

At the top of the catalog window is a series of navigation buttons and tools.

Catalog buttons

Start returns the user to the search screen, once a search has been performed.
Back and Forward take you to the next or previous screen of the catalog.
New opens the New title screen so that a new title can be added to the catalog.
Clipboard opens the system clipboard to display title information that has been copied.
Searchlight is a filter that highlights search results that match selected parameters. For more information, see Searchlight.
Filter is used to filter search results. For more information, see Filter.

Search the Catalog

The search bar is located at the top of the catalog screen and displays options for searching the catalog.

Catalog search options

Learn more in a Wise Guide: Catalog searching

1. Search drop-down list

Select a search option from the Search drop-down list of search options.

Note: These options may vary by library system. For more information and definitions of MARC fields, see OCLC's Bibliographic Formats and Standards guide.

Index	MARC Field/Subfield(s)	Notes
a - Title	130 ## $ a, m, n, p, r, f, g, k, o, and s 240 245 ## $ a, b, and p 246 ## $ a, b, n, and p 246 #0 $ a, b, n, and p 246 #1 $ a, b, n, and p 246 #3 $ a, b, n, and p 246 #4 $ a, b, n, and p 246 #5 $ a, b, n, and p 246 #6 $ a, b, n, and p 246 #7 $ a, b, n, and p 246 #8 $ a, b, n, and p 730 ## $ a, d, f, g, h, i, k, l, m, n, o, p, r, s, and t 780 ## $ s and t 785 ## $ s and t	Title search works best when the full title being searched is entered. Only the title field is searched when this search type is selected.
b - Name	100 ## $ a, b, c, d, e, and q 110 ## $ a, b, c, d, and e 111 ## $ a, q, e, n, d, c, f, g, j, k, l, p, t, and u 700 ## $ a, b, c, e, f, i, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, and t 710 ## $ a, b, c, e, and t	All authors/creators. Indexing is done in last name, first name order. It is possible to search by first name, last name. Wise does not have an index by keyword with both authors and titles.
c - Words	See Notes	Words searches in all of the indexed fields. Words containing only one character are not included in the word index and stop words are omitted. A term must consist of at least two characters. For more information, see Search using words.
d - Series	490 ## $ a, b, n, p, and c 830 ## $ a, b, n, p, and c
e - ISBN/ISSN/Label numbers	020 ## $ a and z 022 ## $ a and z 022 ## $ z 024 1# $ a 024 2# $ a 024 3# $ a 024 ## $ z 028 ## $ a 086 ## $ a
f - Local order numbers	N/A	The Local order numbers index searches for Local order IDs.
g - Acronym	N/A	The Acronym index searches the Title code field.
h - Title number	N/A	The Title number index searches the Title ID field.
i - Object numbers	N/A	The Object numbers index searches the Item barcode field.
j - OCN	035 ## $ a
k - Subject	611 ## $ a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, j, k, l, n, p, q, s, t, u, v, x, y, and z 630 ## $ a, d, e, f, g, h, k, l, m, n, o, p, r, s, t, v, x, y, and z 650 ## $ a, b, c, d, e, g, v, x, y, and z 651 ## $ a, e, g, v, x, y, and z 690 ## $ a, b, c, d, e, g, v, x, y, and z
l - Subject Personal	600 ## $ a, b, c, d, and q
m - Subject Corporate	610 ## $ a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, k, l, m, n, o, p, r, s, t, u, v, x, y, and z
n - Genre/form	655 ## $ a, b, c, v, x, y, and z
o - Call numbers	090 ## $ a 092 ## $ b 098 ## $ a 099 ## $ a
p - Dewey	092 ## $ a
q - Subscription serials	N/A	The Subscription serials index searches for titles that have an associated subscription.

Note: For more information about MARC fields, see OCLC's Bibliographic Formats and Standards guide.

2. Subcatalog selection drop-down list

Select a subcatalog from which to search from the drop-down field next to the Search field. When a section of the catalog is selected to search besides the General catalog, the search screen may change.

3. Term(s) field

Enter search terms in the Term(s) field. The catalog can be searched using a variety of terms and entries. Entries available in the catalog may differ across library systems and may also vary within your library system, depending on login and account configuration. Click on the blue arrow to the right of the Term field to view the search history of the current session.

4. Search button

Click the Search button to execute the search. Results appear in the bottom part of the screen. For more information, see View search results.

Search using Words

Note: The Words index does not contain data on titles that have been moved to the back catalog.

To search the catalog using keywords, select Words from the Search drop-down list. This search function uses specific search language and is not case-sensitive. The fields that are searched in a Words search are configured in the Wise configuration manager. For more information, see Categories - In word group.

Note: Since all Wise clients have switched to SOLR search, the 'Index' button is still visible but no longer has a function. When searching by words, you can still use multiple terms, wildcards, and stop words to further refine your results. See below for more information on refining your results using these methods.

Search syntax

You can use multiple terms in a Words search to refine your results.

Example: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

Term(S)	Function	Results
eco	keyword	Titles containing the word eco anywhere in the record. Results could include the title "Eco House", or the author Umberto Eco.
eco rose	AND	Titles that contain the both word eco and rose anywhere in the record. The more terms entered, the more narrow the results.
eco / rose	OR	Titles that contain eco OR rose anywhere in the record. The more terms entered, the broader the results.
eco !rose	NOT	Titles that contain eco but NOT rose somewhere in the record. Note: Do not use a space after the exclamation point (!).
eco(2)	author search	Titles where the author's name contains eco.
eco(2) rose(1)	author and title search	Titles where the author's name contains eco and the title contains rose.
eco(2) / rose(1)	author OR title search	Titles where the author's name contains eco OR the title contains rose. The number of results will be greater than the previous search.
eco umberto(2)	keyword and author	The word eco can appear anywhere in the record, but umberto will only appear in the author field.

Wildcards

The Wise catalog recognizes the asterisk (*). This wildcard can be used to truncate terms and can be used before, between or after search terms.

Placement	Results
eco*	All words that begin with eco are searched: ecological, ecosystem, economics
reali*e	When multiple spellings might be used for the same word: realize, realise
chai	Returns words containing chai: Tchaikovsky, chairman

Stop words

Stop words (also called Common word exclusions) are common words that the system ignores in some types of searches. Stop words are determined based on the number of times a term is indexed.

Stop words in the Wise catalog
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