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Oclc Connexion: Searching Worldcat Quick Reference

The document provides guidance on using the OCLC Connexion interface for searching and browsing the WorldCat catalog. It outlines how to perform command line searches, guided searches/browsing, and batch processing searches using either the client or browser interface. The client interface supports additional features like multiscript support and batch processing searches. Guidelines are provided on search syntax for different field types, combining terms, wildcards, and qualifiers.

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The document provides guidance on using the OCLC Connexion interface for searching and browsing the WorldCat catalog. It outlines how to perform command line searches, guided searches/browsing, and batch processing searches using either the client or browser interface. The client interface supports additional features like multiscript support and batch processing searches. Guidelines are provided on search syntax for different field types, combining terms, wildcards, and qualifiers.

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Quick search entry: Client only

OCLC Connexion:
Use theSearching
WorldCat Quick Search boxWorldCat
on the client toolbar to enter a
command line search or browse instead of opening the Search
Quickwindow:
Reference

OCLC Connexion Interfaces Quick search: Client only


Use the Connexion client interface (Windows-based software) or the Use the WorldCat Quick Search box on the toolbar to enter a
Connexion browser interface (opens in your default Web browser command line search or browse. Click the button to the right to send
window). the search.
• To open the client, click Start > Programs > OCLC Connexion,
or double-click the client icon .
• To open the Connexion browser, open your Web browser and go
to http://connexion.oclc.org. Guided browsing—Client or browser
Multiscript support in the client only: The following non-Latin scripts are Open the Browse WorldCat client window or browser screen to enter a
supported in the client for cataloging and searching: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, guided browse term:
Cyrillic, Devanagari, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Tamil, and Thai. Step Action
1
Client: Click Cataloging > Browse > WorldCat, or click , or
Enter Command Line or Guided Search/Browse press <F2>.
Browser: Click the Cataloging tab > Browse > WorldCat, or
press <Ctrl><Shift><B>.
Search—Client or browser 2 Enter a browse term in the Browse for box.
Open the Search WorldCat client window or browser screen: 3 Select an index in the adjacent list
Step Action For details, see the next section, "General Guidelines."
1 Client: Click Cataloging > Search > WorldCat, or click , or
press <F2>. Batch process searches—Client only
Browser: Click the Cataloging tab > Search > WorldCat, or press Step Action
<Ctrl><Shift><W>.
1 Click Batch > Enter Bibliographic Search Keys, or press
2 Enter a complete search or browse in correct search syntax in the
<Alt><B><B>.
Command Line Search box.
2 Select a local file to store searches (default: DefaultBib.bib.db).
Type any of these search types:
3 Select an index in the adjacent list.
• Numeric
4 Enter a numeric, keyword, or derived search in the Query box,
• Keyword using full search syntax (same as command line search syntax).
• Derived
5 Click Add or press <Enter
• Browse (scan an index)
6 Repeat steps 3 and 4. As you add searches, the client displays
Or them in a list.
Enter a guided search in parts in the Keyword/Numeric area and 7 When finished, click Save.
select an index using text boxes and drop-down lists. Let the
system create the correct search syntax. 8 When ready, run batch processing (Batch > Process Batch).
Enter any of these search types:
• Numeric
• Keyword
• Derived search term
(no browse)
For details, see the next section, "General Guidelines"
Tip: Collapse or re-expand the Search WorldCat window or screen to
show only the Command Line or show the full window/screen:

• Client: Click Expand/Collapse.


• Browser: Click the plus or minus button: or .
OCLC Connexion: Searching WorldCat Quick Reference

General Guidelines Guided search or browse


For a guided search (entered in parts; system creates the syntax):
Command line (full syntax) search or browse • In the Search WorldCat window or screen, type a keyword,
For a command line search (a complete search in a single string): numeric, or derived search term in any Search for box.
• Optional. Type multiple search terms in a single box to combine
• Precede a browse term with the Scan command (sca) followed by search terms in a single index. Between terms, type appropriate
a space, but use no command for a search. Boolean operator(s):
Example of browsing: sca ti:roots
o and, or, or not
• Include index labels followed by correct punctuation to indicate a
word, phrase (subfield data) or whole phrase (field data) form of o with (w) or near (n). Optional: Add numbers (1 to 25) to
the index. specify the number of intervening words
o Use a two-letter index label and a colon (:) for word • Select an index from the adjacent list.
indexes. • Other options:
Example: ti:nexus o Type search terms in additional Search for boxes and
o Use a two-letter index label and an equal sign (=) for select and, or, or not from lists to combine search terns in
phrase indexes. different indexes.
Example: ti=connected islands new and selected*
o Type symbols for wildcards (# or ?) and truncation (*) in
o Use a three-letter index label ending in the letter w and an place of characters or endings in a search term to retrieve
equal sign (=) for whole phrase indexes. different forms of a word.
Example: pnw=woolf, leonard 1880-1969 Note: Precede symbols by at least three characters.
o Exceptions. Index labels are optional for: o Select or enter qualifiers in lists or boxes.
 Derived search if it is the first or only search term Tip: Switch between long and short selection lists:
 ISBN search if it is the first or only search term
o Client: Click plus ( ) or minus ( ) to expand or
 OCLC number search, if preceded by an asterisk (*)
shorten index, material type, or language lists.
or number sign (#)
o Browser: Click More Indexes or Fewer Indexes or click
• Options
More Material Types or Fewer Material Types to expand
o Type Boolean operators and, or, or not to combine multiple or shorten index or material type lists.
terms in different indexes.
o Type proximity operators with (w) or near (n) with numbers Note: All search examples and guidelines in this Quick
(1 to 25) to find multiple terms in one index that have a Reference are in command line format (full syntax) only.
specified number of intervening words.
o Include only one qualifier of any one type. Words, phrases, and whole phrases
o Use slashes or index labels for format, year, microform, or
Index Searches for … Examples
source qualifiers
Word Word or number anywhere in a field pn:stansbury
o Use index labels only (cannot precede with a slash) for dd:151
Internet/non-Internet or language qualifiers
Phrase Words in a single subfield from the pn=james, henry
o Type symbols for wildcards (# or ?) and truncation (*) in beginning, in sequence, including all pb=Pearson
place of characters to retrieve different forms of a word. subfield data Addison Wesley
(Available for Latin script searches only.) Whole All words in a field in sequence from pnw=james, henry
Note: Precede symbols by at least three characters. phrase the beginning, including all data 1843-1916
• Client only—no separate indexes for non-Latin script search across indexed subfields. sew=poetry in
terms: Use the same indexes, operators, and qualifiers as for public places
Latin script searches. Enter search terms in Latin script. Notes:
• Enclose multiple words in quotation marks (") to find records with that
exact sequence in a word index.
Example: ti:"asian crisis"
• Omit initial articles in titles for phrase and whole phrase searching.
• Truncate a phrase or whole phrase using an asterisk (*), or use
browsing for automatic truncation.
• The truncation symbol (*) is available for Bengali, CJK, Devanagari,
Tamil, and Thai script searching but not for other non-Latin script
searcg terms.

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Search Formats Government


document
number index To find this number … Enter this search …
Label = gn: a 1.2:R31/14/984 gn:a12r3114984
Numeric searches NAS 1.2:SP1/46 gn:nas12sp146
Notes:
Guidelines • Enter all numbers and letters.
• Command line numeric searches: Always precede search term • Omit punctuation.
with an index label and punctuation—a colon (:) for numbers or an
OCLC control
equal sign (=) for number phrases. number index To find this number … Enter this search …
Exception: ISBN does not require label if it is first or only search. OCLC control 10998406 no:10998406 or
• Type all numbers and letters in an ISBN, government document number (no:) *10998406 or
number, publisher number (formerly music publisher), etc. #10998406
Tip for entering ISBNs ending in x: If you use the number Notes:
keypad, truncate the number using the asterisk (*) key. • Command line/full syntax search: Precede
with index label, asterisk (*), or number sign (#).
• Omit spaces. • Keyword/Numeric guided search: Optional.
• In class number searches: Precede with * or # instead of selecting an
o Include periods. Example:dd:616.46 index. Do not use the index label.

o Omit all other punctuation in class numbers. Publisher


o Omit spaces. number indexes To find this number … Enter this search …
Number label = CO 1979-AB5-1 mn:co1979ab51
• See notes in the following tables on the treatment of hyphens in mn: Note: Formerly called music publisher number.
ISBN, ISSN, and LCCN searches.
Number phrase BBC 001 mn=bbc 001
label = mn=) Note: You can include spaces in a phrase search.
Numeric indexes and search examples
ISBN index To find this number … Enter this search …
Label = bn: 0-85109-130-x 085109130x or
Keyword searches
bn:085109130x
0-8247-7142-7 0824771427 or Guidelines
bn:0824771427
Notes: • For searches of the Access Method index (am: or am=)
• Use an index label if the number is not the first search term. o Omit http: and https:.
• Omit hyphens if no index label; omit or enter hyphens with index label. o Treat punctuation marks as word divisions.
o Include stopwords for this index.
ISSN index To find this number … Enter this search … Example: am:his
Label = in: 1234-5678 in:1234-5678 • Internet qualifier (mt:) limits results to:
0018-165x in:0018-165x o Internet-only resources (that is, records with field 856 and
Note: Always include hyphens. second indicator <blank>, 0, or 1).
In the Command Line, type mt:url
LCCN index To find this number … Enter this search … Or
Label = ln: map32-14 ln:32000014 or o Non-Internet resources (that is, all other records).
ln:32-14
Type not mt:url.
2002-580246 ln:2002-580246 or
ln:2002580246 Keyword index stopwords
Notes:
• Enter with or without the hyphen. The system ignores the following common words in a keyword search:
• Include the year portion (2 or 4 digits). a be has in of that was you
• Use a circumflex (^) to exclude LCCNs that an but have into on the were
have prefixes. and by he is or their when
are for her it she there which
as from his its so this with
at had if not than to would
Enclose any stopword in quotation marks to include it in a search.
Example: To search for the title And Then There Were None, type:
ti:"and" then "there" "were" none

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Selected keyword indexes and search examples • For compound or hyphenated surnames, treat all parts of a name
up to the first comma as the first derived search element.
Keyword index Label Example Example: For Li-Marcus, Moying, type pd:lima,moy,.
Corp/Conf Name cn: cn:enron • For forenames only, treat each part as separate segments. Treat
Corp/Conf Name cn= cn=enron corp each part of a hyphenated forename as separate.
Phrase Examples: For White Bull, type pd:whit,bul,. To find Li-Min Tau, type
Corp/Conf Name cnw= cnw=enron corp board of directors pd:li,min,t.
Whole Phrase special investigative committee • Do not use non-Latin scripts in derived searches.
Name au: au:kahlo Derived search stopwords
Name Whole auw= au=kahlo, frida 1910-1954
Phrase Omit the following words from the first segment of a corporate/
conference name when you use the derived search indexes cd: and
Personal Name pn: pn:salinger j d
nd:. Otherwise, include the words.
Publisher pb: pb:thousand oaks
Series se: se:ergonomic & Commonwealth Institute South
a Conference International State
Series Phrase se= se=ergonomic management series American Congress Joint Subcommittee
Subject Phrase su= su=aquatic ecosystems an Council Meeting Symposium
and Department National the
Title ti: ti:gerontological Association Dept. North U.N.
Title Phrase ti= ti=gerontological nursing at Division of U. N.
Australia East Office United Nations
Board Federal on United States
Derived searches Bureau for Organization University
Canada France Parliament U.S.
Derived search key limits College Great Britain School U. S.
Colloquium House Seminar West
Derived index Label Minimum key Maximum key Commission in Senate Workshop
Committee India Society All names of
Personal Name pd: 4,1,blank 4,3,1
U.S. states
Corp/Conf Name cd: =4,1,blank =4,3,1
Examples of omitting initial stopwords
Name/Title nd: 4,4 4,4
Omit initial stopwords in a search for … Enter search as
Title td: none 3,2,2,1

Notes: Corporate author: Great Britain Forestry cd:fore,com,/1985
• For records without 1xx fields, the minimum search key can be Commission (works published in 1985)
blank,4.
Corporate author: United Nations Committee on cd:econ,soc,c
• Even if data has fewer than the required number of words, type all
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
required commas.
Example: To find Roots, type td:roo,,, or roo,,, Corporate name and title: Indiana Supreme Court nd:supr,race
• For Corp/Conf Names, precede with the index label and a colon or [name] and Race and gender fairness [title]
with an equal sign (=).
Derived search examples
Guidelines
Index (label) To find this data… Enter this search…
• Omit index label if it is the first or only search in the command line. Personal Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus pd:moz,wol,a or
• Omit initial articles (a, an, the, and non-English equivalents). name moz,wol,a
• Include articles within titles. derived (pd:) De Groot, Adriaan pd:degr,adr, or degr,adr,
• Include letters and numbers. Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth pd:kubl,eli, or kubl,eli,
• Exclude all other characters; for example, exclude diacritics and Corp/Conf American Rock Garden cd:rock,gar,s or
punctuation. derived (cd:) Society =rock,gar,s
World Energy Conference cd:worl,ene,c or
• Use a circumflex (^) to narrow a search (but do not use the =worl,ene,c
circumflex in a derived title search). Name/Title Bergson, The creative mind nd:berg,crea or
Example: pd:harv,hen,^ or harv,hen,^ derived (nd:) berg,crea
• For names beginning with Mc or Mac followed by an uppercase Clarke, 2001 : a space nd:clar,2001 or clar,2001
letter, type m and omit the c or ac. If followed by a lowercase odyssey
letter, include the lowercase letter c or ac. Title derived Hotel td:hot,,, or hot,,,
Examples: For MacDonald, Marion B., type pn:mdon,mar,b. (ti:) Miracle on 34th street td:mir,on,34,s or
For Macdonald, Andrew T., type pd:macd,and,t. mir,on,34,s

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Browse (scan an index) Qualify, Combine, or Expand Searches


Browsing matches your term or phrase character by character, from left Use qualifiers, Boolean and proximity operators, and wildcard and
to right, across. truncation symbols to qualify, combine, and/or expand searches.
Guidelines
Qualifiers
• Include up to 60 letters, numbers, spaces, or these characters: ( )
Add qualifiers to limit search results.
#&
• Omit initial articles (a, an, the, and non-English equivalents) Qualifier (label) You type …
• Include hyphens or substitute with a space. Type/Format /bks or mt:bks (Books)
• Type any word to browse a word index (need not be the first (mt:)
/com or mt:com (Computer Files)
word). The system matches any instance of the word in indexed
fields/subfields. /cnr or mt:cnr (Continuing Resources)
• Begin a phrase or whole phrase with the first word in a field or /map or mt:map (Maps)
subfield (exclude initial articles). The system matches the exact
term, beginning with the first word, in sequence, across indexed /mix or mt:mix (Mixed Materials)
fields/subfields. /sco or mt:sco (Scores)
• Use the title whole phrase index (tiw=) to browse for a title proper,
/rec or mt:rec (Sound Recordings)
or cataloger-constructed title access point. The index excludes
245 b. /vis or mt:vis (Visual Materials)
• Use the title phrase index (ti=) to browse for title/subtitle Note: You can also use:
combinations. The index includes 245 b.
• /ser or mt:ser (Serial)
• Browsing provides automatic truncation. Type only as many • /int or mt:int (Integrating resource)
characters or words as needed. (The broader continuing resources index
Example: For the title Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, type sca tiw=let (cnr) listed above includes these formats.)
us now praise
Year(s) of Single year (example: /1980 or yr:1980)
• Do not combine terms or use qualifiers, truncation, or masking. publication (yr:)
• If you copy text across subfields in a record and paste as a Decade (example: /198? or yr:198?)
browse term, remove delimiters, subfield codes, and punctuation. Century (example: /19?? or yr:19??)
• If you are unsure of an exact browse term, use a keyword search
instead. Single year and all following years (example: /1980- or
yr:1980-)
Selected browse indexes and examples Single year and all previous years (example: /-1980 or
yr:-1980)
Index Label Example
Range of years (examples: /1980-3 or /1980-93 or
Corp/Conf Whole Phrase cnw= sca cnw=hershey chocolate
/1880-921 or /1990-2005 or precede with an index
Dewey Class Number dd: sca dd:151 label instead of a slash)

LC Class Number lc: sca lc:z5063.2.a2 Unknown dates (code u) (example: for Date1 value
19uu, type /1900 or yr:1900)
Name Whole Phrase auw= sca auw=dewey, melvil
No date: Enter zeroes (example: /0000 or yr:0000)
Personal Name Whole pnw= sca pnw=james, henry 1843-1916
Phrase Microform/not /mf or mf:mic (microform)
microform (mf:)
/nm or mf:nmc (not microform)
Publisher Phrase pb= sca pb=macmillan
Series Whole Phrase sew= sca sew=literacy 2000 Source (dl:) /dlc or dl:y (records contributed by Library of
Congress/Program for Cooperative Cataloging)
Subject Whole Phrase suw= sca suw=library science
Note: Use the Cataloging Source phrase index (cs=)
Title Whole Phrase tiw= sca tiw=birds and beasts with an OCLC symbol to find records contributed by a
specific library.
Uniform Title Whole utw= sca utw=concertos f 44 f major
Phrase Internet/ mt:url (Internet resources only)
non-Internet
(mt:) not mt:url (exclude Internet resources)

Language (la:) Index label followed by language name or MARC code


Example: la:english or la:eng

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Note: you can also qualify searches by language of cataloging (checks Truncation and wildcard symbols
for a language in 040 b):
• In the command line: Use index label ll: (two lowercase letter Use truncation and wildcard symbols to expand or focus search results.
“ells” followed by a colon) and a language code. (See a list of Truncation How to use
codes at http://www.loc.gov/marc/languages.) * (asterisk) Place at the end of a word to retrieve variant endings.
Example: ti=to the lighthouse and ll:ger Example: invest* retrieves investor, investment, investment
Or fraud, etc.
• In the keyword/numeric search area: Enter a language in one of the
Search for boxes and select the Language of Cataloging index in Wildcard How to use
the adjacent list. Combine with another search term. # Replace one unknown character in a word.
Example: wom#n retrieves woman and women
Qualifier guidelines
? Replace multiple unknown characters in a word
• Use slashes or index labels for format, years, microform, or Example: emp?e retrieves empire, empale, emphasize, and
source qualifiers (called “slash qualifiers”). Use index labels only emplace
for Internet/non-Internet and language qualifiers. ?n Specify the number of characters to replace (n=number of
• Use only one qualifier of each type per search. characters, 1-9)
Example: str?3 retrieves street, stream, streak, stride, strait,
• “Slash” qualifiers must appear at the end of a search. Qualifiers string, etc.
with index labels can appear anywhere in a search, combined with
a Boolean operator. Truncation and wildcard guidelines
• Type qualifiers in any order.
• Limitation: Precede symbols by at least three characters.
Operators • Non-Latin script searches: Truncating searches is supported for
Bengali, CJK, Devanagari, Tamil, and Thai script search terms
Use Boolean and proximity operators to combine search terms.
only. For other scripts, use browsing for automatic truncation.
Operator What the operator does
Qualified, combined, and expanded search examples
and Finds all terms anywhere in a record.
Example: su:wom?n and ti:history and yr:1970- Searches in both keyword/numeric and derived search format:
or Finds any single term or all terms. Keyword/numeric search Derived search
Example: pn=woolf, virginia or pn=woolf, leonard and au:rendell, ruth or au:vine, rend,rut, or vine,bar,
yr:1900-50
barbara Or
not Excludes the term that follows not. pd:rend,rut, or vine,bar,
Example: ti=civil war not su:battle not gc=united states au:cervantes/1970-80/vis cerv,mig,d/1970-80/vis
with (w) Finds records containing both terms, in the order typed, or if Or Or
followed by a number (1 to 25), finds records with no more au:cervantes and mt:vis and pd:cerv,mig,d and yr:1970-80 and
than the specified number of words between the terms. yr:1970-80 mt:vis
Examples: au:camus and ti:etranger and pd:camu,alb, and td:etr,,, and
ti:aluminum w wiring or alternatively, enclose the phrase in la:french la:french
quotation marks: ti:"aluminum wiring"
Or ti:aluminum w2 wiring More examples of qualified, combined, and expanded searches:
near (n) Same as for with, except that the words can be in any order. su:scotland and mt:map and yr:2000-
Examples: ti:moon n eclipse cn:microsoft and yr:2003 not mt:url
ti:chicken n3 egg su:civil and war not battle/1970
dd:880 and la:eng/bks/1960-70
Operator guidelines ti:bring w2 bacon
gon,wi,th,w/bks/19??/mf/dlc or td:gon,wi,th,w/bks/19??/mf/dlc
• Do not use and, or, not, with, or near for browsing. =adri,col,/bks/1970-90 or cd:adri,col,/bks/1970-90
• Do not use with or near for derived searching.
Qualify searches by specific material types
• Type the maximum number of characters in the segments of each
derived search that you combine with and, or, or not. To qualify searches by material type, use a word or phrase qualifier
• To use and, or, not, with, or near as a keyword in a search, index label (mt: or mt=) with the 3-letter code or name for a material
enclose the word in quotation marks. type, as shown in the table below (names are not case-sensitive but
Example: To search for the title Neighbors Near and Far, type must be entered exactly as shown).
ti:neighbors "near" "and" far. Example: To find The Sound of Music in CD audio only, type:
• Qualifiers apply to all parts of combined searches. sou,of,mu, and mt:cda or sou,of,mu, and mt=cd audio

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Material type codes and names below are organized by broad qualifier
group and then alphabetically by name within each group.

Code Name Code Name Code Name Code Name


Universal types: Visual materials, continued
Books (use mt:bks or /bks) and Mixed materials (use mt:mix or /mix)
dvv DVD video toy Toy
shs Adolescent mss Manuscript
mot Film trn Transparency
arc Archival material mmc Master microform
flm Filmstrip umc U-matic
acp Article mcd Micro-opaque
crd Flash card vhs VHS
bio Biography mfc Microfiche
gam Game vca Videocassette
brl Braille mfl Microfilm
grp Graphic vdc Videodisc
cnp Conference publication ngp National government
publication kit Kit vid Videorecording
elc Electronic ejh Pre-adolescent msl Microscope slide
fic Fiction pre Preschool mdl Model
gpb Government publication pri Primary school nts NTSC
igp International sgp State or province Maps, cartographic materials (use mt:map or /map)
government publication government publication
atl Atlas mcm Manuscript cartographic
juv Juvenile (includes all deg Thesis/dissertation material
juvenile types)
cgl Celestial globe mmp Model map
lpt Large print web Web access
egl Earth globe pgl Planetary globe
lgp Local government
publication gsc Geological section pcm Published cartographic
material
Sound recordings (use mt:rec or /rec)
glb Globe rsi Remote-sensing image
45s 45 rpm msr Musical recording
Musical scores (use mt:sco or /sco)
78s 78 rpm nsr Non-musical recording
mmu Manuscript music pmu Published music
cas Cassette rtr Reel-to-reel tape
Continuing resources (use mt:cnr or /cnr)
cda CD audio rll Roll
*int *Integrating resource mse Series
dva DVD audio wxc Wax cylinder
new Newspaper upd Updating database
lps LP wrr Wire recording
per Periodical upl Updating loose-leaf
mp3 MP3
*ser *Serial upw Updating website
Visual materials (use mt:vis or /vis)
Computer files (use mt:com or /com)
ngr 2-D image oar Original artwork
312 3.5 in. disc fnt Font
art 3-D object pal PAL
514 5.25 in. disc imm Interactive multimedia
anm Animation pan Partial animation
bdt Bibliographic data ndt Numeric data
rep Artwork reproduction pht Photograph
cdc CD for computer oss Online system or service
ats ATSC pgr Projected image
cgm Computer game pgm Program
bta Beta rbj Real object (realia)
cig Clipart images graphics snd Sound effects
blu Blu-ray rbj Real object (realia)
dct Document
cht Chart scm SECAM
*For integrating resource (int) and serial (ser) material types only, you can
dio Diorama sld Slide either precede with mt: or mt= or add to the end of a search as a slash
qualifier (/ser or /int), similar to the main qualifiers (see page 5).
dio Diorama tch Technical drawing

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