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Identifier Searches
Call Number Searches
Call number searching is possible in Discovery, but it does not behave the same was as it does in FOLIO or in the old Aleph OPAC. EDS is not a catalog search, and so, does not have the level of granularity most catalogs would have.
To perform call number searches in EDS, use the NU field code, and end your search with an asterisk wildcard. This will search more than just our MARC records, so always combine your search with a limit to the catalog or specific locations at the Five Colleges.
Enter the call number as it is written - extra periods or spaces (or if content on the spine does not match the metadata in the MARC) will cause the search to either fail or return records which come close to what you’re looking for, but don’t match exactly.
Example Search
NU PA4037.Z5 D85*
(Achilles' shield and the structure of the Iliad / by Guenter A. Duethorn.)
NU PA4037.Z5*
(Works / Titles on Homer w/ Cutter Number)
NU PA4037*
(Works / Titles on Homer w/o Cutter Number)
NU PA*
(Works / Titles in the Classics)
NU P*
(Works / Titles in Language & Literature)