The Online Catalogue contains all books, unpublished memoirs and pamphlets, as well as periodicals /serials held by the Library. Below are some general comments which will help you search the databases. 
 
Across all subjects there are items which have not yet been indexed, in particular, most of our material on Palestine, Zionism and the founding of Israel. If you cannot find what you are looking for by subject term, please enter a relevant term in the title field. 

Click here to search the Catalogue.

While searching the catalogue, please keep in mind:

International Characters
No international characters are used in the online catalogue, apart from umlauts. For your searches you may omit the umlauts.
For example:

A search for Low will bring up records with author names Low & Löw

A search for Löw will also bring up Low & Löw

A search for Loew will only bring up records for Loew

Only Roman characters are used in the catalogue. If you are seaching for Hebrew words, for example, please use the transliterated equivalent.

Truncation
Automatic truncation of all search terms is a feature of the online catalogue. This option can be turned off when using the advanced search form. For more details click on the word "Truncation" in the Advanced search form.

Help
The catalogue is still being edited and improved. If you do not find what you are looking for, please submit a request to the Library desk.


Frequently Asked Questions

I can’t see any place names in the subject list.
They are there and can be used in the Subject term fields even though they are not visible on the list.

I’m not looking for a subject but a person.
They are there and can be used in the Subject term fields even though they are not visible on the list.
Searches for persons in the Subject field will lead to records about these persons.
Searches for persons in the Author field will lead to records written or edited by these persons.

I can’t come up with any hits.
Check your spelling.
Are you using the subject term, author or language field? Then use only terms from the lists.
Are you searching for names? Make sure you type in the last name first.
Still no results? Ask a librarian.

I’m getting too many hits.
Use a more specific search term. If you click on a term on the list that has a plus sign, it opens up to show the narrower terms. These are more specific.

I don’t know the correct spelling of a word in the title.
Do you know at least the first three letters? Then just use them – truncation is default.

I’m looking for books published between 1933-45.
Use the Advanced search. Change one field to Year, so that you can combine two Year fields. Change the equals [=] signs to >= and <=
Year >= 1933 [AND]
Year <= 1945.

I am looking for books published at any time in the thirties.
Use the Year field in the Advanced search.
Type in the first three digits of the period only: 193
As the search is truncated, you will get all records published 1930-1939.

I am looking for unpublished material.
Use the subject term Unpublished Memoirs in the Books database.
Search the documents catalogue.
Come to the library and search the Eyewitness accounts on the Testaments of the Holocaust database.

I am looking for memoirs and diaries, no matter whether published or unpublished.
Use the subject term Personal narratives in the Advanced Search and change [=] to [narrower].

I can not find my question on this list.
Ask a librarian!

How to ask a librarian your questions?
Please telephone us on 020 7636 7247 or email us using the contact form.