Welcome to the Diocese of Sheffield Resource Centre
Searching tips
This search works in a similar way to Google. Search for specific words or "phrases", optionally excluding others. Here are some searching examples:
| apple banana (default) | Finds records that contain both words, anywhere and in any order. This is the default "AND" search. |
| apple AND banana | Same as above. Finds records that containboth words, anywhere and in any order. However, there is no need to include "AND" operator between words. |
| apple* (default) | Finds "apple", "apples", "applesauce", and "applet". There is no need to append the " * " wild-card suffix in your searches. |
| "some words" | Wrapping your search words in quotation marks treats them as an entire phrase. Finds records that contain "some words of wisdom", but not "some strange words". |
| apple OR juice | Finds records that contain either of these words, or both. Using the "OR" operator (must be in CAPITALS) will return more results than the default "AND" search. |
| apple -macintosh | Optionally exclude certain words. Finds records with "apple" but not "macintosh". |
| apple NOT macintosh | Same as using "-" (must be in CAPTIALS), finds records with "apple" but NOT "macintosh". |
Note: There are several commonly words that will be ignored in a search. These words are called "Stop Words" and offer little or no benefit to a search. Stop words include "A", "An", "And", "For", "Has", "He, "Her", The", "Them", etc.
Unique ID Lookup
Enter or scan the item's barcode label to lookup the full details of the item. For books, the barcode label is normally located on the inside of the front cover.
Note: This is not the same as the ISBN number on the book's back cover!
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Welcome to the Resource Centre Catalogue
There are three short 'how-to' videos that will help you to make the most of this online catalogue:
- Welcome and Overview
- How to Search and Filter those Results
- How to Perform Specific Searches e.g. by Author or Media Type
You can search for specific resources on a particular subject and see if they are already out on loan or discover new resources.
You can search for a book without signing in!
Click & Collect
Our Click & Collect system allows you to reserve books, collect and drop off, at Church House. Find out more.
Become a member
You need to be a member to loan from this library or reserve a book - however, this can be set up quickly... contact Julia, Centre Administrator on; 01709 309105 or email rcadmin@sheffield.anglican.org.
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