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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <TITLE>The Online Books Page: Search</TITLE> <BASE HREF="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/search.html" target="_top"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="olbp.css" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> </head> <body> <header> <h1><a href="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/" class="logolink">The Online Books Page</a></h1> </header> <h2 style="text-align:center">BOOK SEARCH</h2> <hr> <form method="GET" action="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/search"> <label> <b>Author:</b> <input name="author" size=40 value=""> </label> <br> <label> <input type="radio" name="amode" value="words" checked> Words in last or first name </label> <label> <input type="radio" name="amode" value="start"> Exact start of name (last name first) </label> <BR> <BR> <label> <b>Title:</b> <input name="title" size=40 value=""> </label> <br> <label> <input type="radio" name="tmode" value="words" checked> Words in title </label> <label> <input type="radio" name="tmode" value="start"> Exact start of title ("The", "A", and "An" can be omitted) </label> <br> <label><input type="checkbox" name="c" value="x" checked> Include extended shelves</label> <p> <input type="submit" value="Search!"> <input type="reset" value="Clear the Form"> </FORM> <hr> <P id="example"><B>Examples:</B> <UL> <LI>Entering <b>austen, jane</b> in the Author field finds books by Jane Austen. <LI>Entering <b>Baum</b> in the Author field and and <b>oz</b> in the Title field finds L. Frank Baum's Oz books. <LI>Entering <b>dosto</b> in the Author field, choosing the Exact start of name option, and entering <b>underground</b> in the Title field finds Fyodor Dostoyevsky's <cite>Notes from the Underground</cite>, even if you don't remember how to spell more than the start of the author's name! (Hey, we've changed the spelling in our own database at least once.) </UL> <p> If you have an old browser that does not understand forms, the old <A HREF="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/authorsearch">author search</A> and <A HREF="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/titlesearch">title search</A> are still available. <hr> <p style="text-align:center"> <A HREF="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/">Home</A> -- <b>Search</b> -- <A HREF="new.html">New Listings</A> -- <A HREF="authors.html">Authors</A> -- <A HREF="titles.html">Titles</A> -- <A HREF="subjects.html">Subjects</A> -- <A HREF="serials.html">Serials</A> </p> <p style="text-align:center"> <A HREF="lists.html">Books</A> -- <A HREF="news.html">News</A> -- <A HREF="features.html">Features</A> -- <A HREF="archives.html">Archives</A> -- <A HREF="inside.html">The Inside Story</A> </p> <p style="text-align:center"> <i>Edited by John Mark Ockerbloom (onlinebooks@pobox.upenn.edu) <br> <a href="licenses.html">OBP copyrights and licenses</a> </i> </p> </body> </html>