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Keywords are words that actually appear in the text. By default, a quick search uses keywords. Search tools browse through information such as authors, titles, abstracts, and sometimes full texts to find the keywords you provide in the search field and they only find them exactly as they appear in the text. This means that certain word forms (e.g. singular / plural) and word variations will not be found – truncation could, however, help you out in this case. Searching by keywords is perfect if you are searching for literature on a certain topic.

Screenshot of the university catalogue of the SUB Göttingen. You can see the result of the search for the terms "language internet". A work with the title "Language and the Internet" by David Crystal was found. In addition to this information, the page also contains other information such as the edition, language, publication details, scope, ISBN, keywords, subject areas, more on the subject, location, signature, note and loan status. In this screenshot, the focus is on the keywords (framed in red): title of the work ("Language and the Internet"), author (David Crystal), edition (first edition), language (English) and publication details (Cambridge, University Press, 2001).

Keywords in the Göttingen University Catalogue (GUK) of the Göttingen State and University Library (SUB)