Throughout the site you will see a 'Help' Button.

The Button which is always in view at the top right corner of the site is a General Help button, and will open the help window to show the Help Contents menu.

The buttons on the main pages throughout the site are 'Context Help' buttons, and will take you straight to the category relating to the page you are viewing.

To return to the Help Contents Menu after viewing an item, click the 'Top of Page' link on the top menu.

Searching for particular books is simple.

In the boxes on the 'Search Book List' page, enter the search criteria into the text boxes.

You may search for a Title, an Author, a Publisher, or all three.

You can also choose to use 'All the Words' entered, 'Any of the Words' entered, or an 'Exact Phrase'. e.g. "Wind in the Willows".
The search is NOT case sensitive.

The more words entered, the more selective the search.  The fewer the word entered, the greater the search result, and as there are currently 39,441 books in our stocklist, the search result could be extremely large and meaningless.  We have therefore put a limit on the number of titles returned.  See: Blank Search Results.

You can also select the number of results to show on each page, and choose to show the details of the books found which includes general information, a description, condition of the book, etc.
Selecting this option will return a maximum of 15 results on each page.

If the book is to be sent to you, you will want to know the cost of Postage & Packing .  To ensure that this information is accurate, and that the book in question is in fact still available, please telephone or email us to check.

The return produced from a search will list all the matches from the search, and either the detailed description of each book or, in the case of larger returns or when details are not requested to be shown on the results page, a link to provide the details in a pop-up window.

The page also shows the total number of results returned, which section of the results you are viewing (e.g. Results 21-30 of 105) and provides links at the bottom of the page to the other pages available by number, and a Previous page and Next page link.

There are three reasons why you will see the Blank Search Results page following a search

1. You omitted to enter any search criteria into the 'Search Books' page boxes.
   
   Action: Return to the Search Books page and enter criteria.
   
   
2. There are no matches for your search criteria in our Booklist.
   
   Action: Check the spelling of the words entered, check the 'Use' options.  e.g. if you have chosen 'Exact Phrase', that may not be an exact entry in our system.
   
   
3. The Search returned too many results to view.*
   
   Action: Your search criteria may be too broad.  Try to be a little more specific in your search.

* There are currently 39,441 books in our Stocklist.  We have therefore put a limit on the number of titles returned by a search.

When a search result is returned, the page will display the information on the books found, and alongside each item is a button marked 'Add to Enquiry List'.  To add the book to your list, simply click the relevant button.

Confirmation of the addition will be shown by the change in the summary 'Enquiry List' at the head of the page, and can be checked in detail by clicking the 'View Detailed List' button in the 'Enquiry List' box.

If you wish to remove a book from your Enquiry List, go to the Enquiry List Page, and check the 'Remove' box for the item in question by clicking on the box and click the 'Remove Selected Items' button at the bottom of the page.  The Item will be removed from you order list and you will be returned to the  Enquiry List Page.

To uncheck an item, click on the box again and the tick will disappear.  To uncheck all items, click the 'Reset the Form' button at the bottom of the page. 

The Enquiry List Page will list all the items which have been added to the current list, and shows an item number, all the details of each book on the order including the price of each book.

For each item listed there is a 'Remove' check box, should you wish to change your order.  

The Enquiry Total is shown at the bottom of the list.

This page is of course unavailable if there are no items in the list.

See also: Adding a Book to your Enquiry List and Deleting a Book from your Enquiry List.

When you have conducted a search of our Booklist, and have found a title which is of interest, to save making notes of the book, reference number, etc., simply click the 'Add to Enquiry' button for the book, and a list will be made for you.

You can then return to the Search Pages and continue to look for other items, adding them to the Enquiry List as you go.  Any information required to check on the availability, cost of post and packing, and further details of an item is available from that list.

Please ring or email to confirm costs, post and packaging etc., and availability.

We can then process your order.