Lookup Authors or Names

When managing the list of authors, it can be difficult to quickly locate an author name due to the large number of authors in the list. The Lookup Authors or Names form provides a method to limit the number of authors displayed in the list. To access this form, click the Lookup button from the List Maintenance Codes form while editing the list of authors.

To retrieve the list of all authors, select the Retrieve All Authors field, then click the OK button.

To retrieve a limited set of authors based on the name of the authors, select the Retrieve Authors by Name field, enter a search value in the associated text field, then click the OK button. The text field accepts entries in "Last Name, First Name" format. To search only by last name, leave off the first name component. To search only by first name, begin your entry with a comma. You may include the asterisk ("*") wildcard character in your search text to perform a more generic search.

The number of matches returned by either search method may be limited due to restrictions imposed by the local library.