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Search the Full Catalog to determine what books, journals and non-print materials we own and where they are located. The Full Catalog contains all of the items found in the other sections of the VCU Libraries Catalog such as Journals and New Titles. The only items that will not be found in the Full Catalog are some Course Reserves materials, including journal articles, book chapters, and faculty's personal copies of material.

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Title begins with...	old man and the sea portrait of the artist	(omit initial article) (need not type entire title)

Words in Title	organic chemistry programming not java	(limits search to title field) (supports boolean AND, OR, NOT) (truncation symbol is '*')

Author (last name first)	fitzgerald f scott american accounting association	(comma not needed)

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Call Number begins with...	QA76.76 .A65 A33 1995 PN Y4.G74/7:J24 A1.2:AG 8/32 PrEx	(QA76.76<space>.A65<space>A33<space>1995) (requires spaces before letters and date) (can also browse with just the start of a call number) (Includes LC and SuDoc call numbers) (LC call numbers are used for the majority of the books and media in the VCU Libraries. SuDoc call numbers are used for publications from the Federal government in the VCU Libraries.)

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