Enter information or make selections in one or more areas below, then click the 'search' button below to begin. The more selections you make, the more specific your search results will be.

SEARCH TIPS

If you cannot find a specific book, but you are sure that you have the details correct:

• it may not yet have been published - 'forthcoming' titles are included in the catalogue, but only one month in advance.
  
• it may not be distributed by The Learning Ladder.

HOW TO SEARCH

Title	Search for a particular title. Use part-words, a word or words, in any order. (At least 3 letters are required. Do not use wildcards.)
Author	Search for books by an author. Enter the first name, surname or both, in any order. (At least 3 letters are required. Do not use wildcards.)
ISBN	Search by the International Standard Book Number. Enter the full 13 digit number for an exact match. (Do not use spaces or dashes to separate the digits.)
Order Code	Search by the Catalogue Order Code. Enter the full 4 or 5 digit number for an exact match. (Do not use spaces or dashes to separate the digits.)
Keyword	Search by ISBN, title or author. Use part-words, a word or words, in any order. (At least 3 letters are required. Do not use wildcards.)

1. To search simply enter data or make a selection in one of the above fields. The more information you enter the more specific your results will be.
2. Do not use 'wildcard' characters.
3. Searches are case insensitive: you can use lowercase or capital letters or a combination of both.
4. Separate multiple words with spaces; you do not need to use commas or dashes.
5. Partial words are automatically truncated - that is, the search will find instances of your string of letters at the beginning of whole words. For example, if you enter 'read' as a title the results will include 'reader', 'reading', 'ready' and so on, in addition to all instances of 'read'.
6. Various 'stop-words' are not recognized by the search engine. If you enter words such as 'a', 'the', 'by', 'and', 'not' and so on, these will be ignored when your search request is processed.
   
7. Error messages asking you to 'try again' may appear if you -
   • Hit the search button without entering information or making a selection.
   • Enter an unrecognised word or a 'stop-word'.
8. If only one title matches your search request you will immediately view the Title Details page which provides full information on that item. Alternatively, if more than one title matches your request you will see a Summary Results interim page; select items from this list to view full Title Details. The Summary Results list is ordered alphabetically by title, but you can re-order this list alphabetically by author name, or by date of publication from most to least recent.