Quick Search is available at the top of the Left Side menu of every ChooseBooks.com page. It consists of a single input field where you can enter any search words (i.e. Author, Title, Publisher, Year, etc). Quick Search interface searches whole record of every item in our database. It is similar to using "Any Search Word(s)" field of our Standard and Advanced search interfaces.

Search Tips. To make your Quick search as precise as possible, please use the following search tips to locate exact item(s) of interest:

Regular search is done by entering one (or more) search words into various fields. For Example:



This search will produce a list of items, which includes all of the words entered (Shakespeare, Twelfth and Night) in any order.
Phrase Search: Placing quotation marks "" around any word combinations will search for an exact phrase. For Example:



This search will produce a list of items, which only includes "Shakespeare" and "Twelfth Night", where "Twelfth Night" appears only as a phrase.

Wildcard Search: Asterisk and Question Mark can be used to replace part(s) of any search word(s) and single letter in any search word respectively. This is especially useful where results may contain similar words having different endings or when exact spelling is not known. Please Note: Using wildcards and exclusion features may increase the amount of time it takes for your search to be completed. For Example:



This search will produce results which will include all items containing "Philosophy", "Philosophical" and "Philosopher", as well as "Greece" and "Greek".



This search will produce all items containing "bribe" and "bride".

Excluding Search Words: Placing hyphen immediately in front of a word or phrase will exclude any item containing this word/phrase from search results. For Example:



This search will result in items that contain "Eliot" but not "George". All items containing "George" will be excluded. Please Note: Exclusion feature can only be used stating with the second word of the search query. It cannot be used with the first search term. Thus, example above would not have worked in search query was entered as "-George Eliot"