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Searching HELIN

The most common ways to search the HELIN catalog are: Author, Title, Subject and Keyword search. (MESH, or Medical Subject Headings, are terms used in some health sciences resources.) The Quick Search box on the HELIN catalog home page offers these options:

main HELIN search screen


Each of these searching options has its benefits and its weaknesses. We will look at the primary search options more closely in the following sections.

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