An empty box on the form means "do not base title selection on this field". For example, if the box AUTHOR is blank, then no "IF" logic will be applied to this field. If all boxes are empty (you did not type in anything) and you press the "Submit Query" button, then ALL TITLES in the database will be displayed.

Entering a string of characters in a box on the form will return all titles which have a match on that specific character string anywhere in the corresponding field in the database. For example, if you enter the characters "hock" in the AUTHOR box, all titles which contain these four characters anywhere in the Author's name will be displayed, including "David Hockney", "Alan Freeshock" and "Hockey Stick".

Selection criteria are not case sensitive. This means "hockney" is the same as "HOCKNEY" or "Hockney".

Using more than one box on the form has the effect of "AND" logic. For example, if you enter "smith" in the AUTHOR box and "butterflies" in the DESCRIPTION box, both conditions must be true for a title to be selected. If you want to use "OR" logic (all titles with "smith" in the AUTHOR box OR "butterflies" in the DESCRIPTION box), please submit 2 separate queries.

Selecting a category from the CATEGORY drop-down list, will further limit the titles selected. If you wish to view all titles in a specific category, leave all boxes empty and select the category from this list before pressing the "Submit Query" button.

"Order By" means the field to be used to sequence the selected titles.