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At this point you are ready to do a search. Go down the page a bit and enter the name of the town of interest in the top search box. I have selected a small town in Minnesota where my mother was born. Now, just to the right is another box, usually with “Keyword” filled in. Go just to the right, where you see two small arrows, one pointing up and the other pointing down. Click on one of the arrows and a menu will open, and here you see the difference between FirstSearch and other library catalogs: most provide the option to search by title, author, subject, or keyword; FirstSearch provides many more options. Go down the menu a bit and select “Publisher Location.”
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At this point you are ready to do a search. Go down the page a bit and enter the name of the town of interest in the top search box. I have selected a small town in Minnesota where my mother was born.  
 
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Now, just to the right is another box, usually with “Keyword” filled in. Go just to the right, where you see two small arrows, one pointing up and the other pointing down. Click on one of the arrows and a menu will open, and here you see the difference between FirstSearch and other library catalogs: most provide the option to search by title, author, subject, or keyword; FirstSearch provides many more options. Go down the menu a bit and select “Publisher Location.”
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