Search help

Quick tips

• Truncate your term using an asterisk (*)
  Example: Bell* will retrieve Bell and Bellini
• Use quotation marks to search for phrases
  Example: "materia medica"
• To return to a "Brief Records" display, use your browser's back button.

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Basic search

A Basic Search can be performed on any screen. The Basic Search bar is located at the top of every page of the Heirs site except the Advanced Search page. Enter one or more words and click the "Search Heirs" button.

Advanced Search

From any Basic Search bar click on the Advanced Search link. Fill in one or more fields, select your Sort Options and click the "Search Heirs" button. Or, scroll down the page to Browse by Author or Time Period. Unless enclosed in quotation marks, multiple words on a single line will be linked by the "and" operator.

Author Word(s)

Examples:

• james primerose
• primerose
• bell* [will retrieve Bell, Bellini, etc.]

Title Word(s)

Example: natural selection

Publication Year

Examples:
• 1493
• 149* [will retrieve records published from 1490 through 1499]
• 14* [will retrieve records published from 1400 through 1499]

Publisher or Place or Edition

Examples:

• London
• Decker
• 2nd ed.

Language

Select a language from the dropdown box

References Cited

Heirs Number

Each work has a unique number assigned to make the entries chronological by year of birth of the author.

Examples:

• 615
• 615...625 [will retrieve all records from 615 through 625]

Donor

Examples: "John Martin"

Time Period (Author)

Select a time period (based on Author's birthdate, not publication date) from the dropdown options: Ancient; Medieval (500-1450); Early Modern (1450-1700); Modern (1700+)