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Type as much or as little of the EXACT TITLE as you wish, beginning with the first word of the title. Omit initial articles, accent marks, and punctuation (except ! and ?). If you wish to retrieve titles beginning with the word 'a,' 'an,' or 'the,' which are normally considered to be initial articles, (e.g., the title "A to Z, the Alphabet"), type that word twice when performing the search; use this method to search for titles beginning with the German 'an' and the French, Spanish, and Italian 'a.' If you are unsure of the exact title or your search does not work, try a Word search.

Examples:

• tale of two cities
• tale of two
• science| (finds the one-word title: science)
• science (finds titles beginning with science)
• a a to z (finds titles beginning with a to z)

If you retrieve a large number of results, try using the Limit/Sort button on the results screen to reduce the number of results.