Entering a new search automatically deletes all filters. On a-z.lu, you can save the active filters for the current session. Click on “Remember all filters” and all of the filters selected will remain active for the current search session. If you wish to keep only some of the selected filters,…

If a document is part of a collection or a series of documents, you can view the entire collection to which it belongs. Click on the document you want and a new window with details of the document will appear. Click on the title of the collection and a new…

What should I do if I am searching for secondary literature on a work, but the initial results only include the work itself? In the “Tweak your results” menu, below the “Author/Creator” filter, check the orange “Exclude” icon next to the lead author of the work. This will exclude works…

You can combine different filters (e.g. only Martin Scorsese films in English) or even different values of the same filter (e.g. display only audio cassettes and CDs). To combine several values of the same filter, roll your cursor over the filter menu on the right side of your screen. Boxes…

You can check whether a document is available online by selecting “Available online” under “Show only” in the “Tweak your results” menu.

To limit your search to a specific document type, you can refine the results obtained using the filters located on the right side of the screen in the “Tweak your results” menu. Select the document type concerned under the “Type of publication” section and confirm by clicking on “Apply filters”….

Similarly to search engines such as Google, a-z.lu offers an initial search, starting with an overall query. Before entering your keywords in the search bar, select your library to target your search to this library and to obtain results that you can also borrow. To filter your results by your…