Search Type Hint Title - Omit initial articles (A, An, The, El, La, Das): King and I

- Type the entire title, or the first few words of the title, starting with the first word

Name - For personal names, type last name first name: Hillerman Tony

- For corporate names, type in order: Sony Music Entertainment; Walt Disney Company



For Claimant names, go to Other Search Options and select "Name: Claimant (KLCN)" from the Search by box. For personal names, type first name last name: James Michener. For corporate names, type in order: Metro Goldwyn Mayer



For Document names, go to Other Search Options and select either "Docs: Party1 Statement (K291)" or "Docs: Party2 (K292)", or "Docs Party1/2 (KPTY)" from the Search by box. For personal names, type first name last name: Stephen King. For corporate names, type in order: Warner Brother Pictures Keyword - Searches word(s) anywhere in the record

- Retrieves records with at least one of your search words

- Use + before words that must appear in every record retrieved

- Use ! before words that must not appear in any record retrieved

- Use ? for truncation: photo? finds photograph, photographic, photographer

- Use "" to surround exact phrases: "war of the worlds" Registration Number - Omit spaces and hyphens

- Registration numbers must be 12 characters long. Type 2 letters followed by 10 digits, or 3 letters followed by 9 digits; add zeroes before the number:

VAu-598-764 is typed VAU000598764,

SR-320-918 is typed SR0000320918

Document Number - Omit spaces and hyphens

- The number after the "v" is always 4 digits; the number after the "p" or "d" is always 3 digits

- V2606 P87 is typed V2606P087 Command Keyword - Use index codes and Boolean operators

- Use ? for truncation: photo? finds photograph, photographic, photographer

- Use "" to surround exact phrases: "war of the worlds"