You can use the Course Catalog to locate courses.

In the Search for a course subject field, enter the first letter or letters of the subject to refine the list, or enter the full name of the subject. Then select an item from the list to view the course search details.

Use either the Search for courses or Search for a course subject fields to find courses and sections. You can enter the course name (for example, math-101 or math101) to locate a specific course in the Search for courses field. You can also enter a keyword to find courses by title. For example you might enter british to find a British Literature course. When you use the Search for courses field, the courses found will be listed in order of how well they match your keywords. After the pertinent courses have been identified, you can select View Available Sections for [course name] to see sections for each specific course.

Search Tips
The following list contains tips that will help you find the course you want:

• The course search is not case sensitive.
• To search for a specific section, enter the course name and section ID strung together. For example, Math-101-01 can be searched by entering math10101 or MATH-101-01.
• If multiple search words are separated by a space, either word will cause a "hit" in the search results. Use "And" in your search to ensure all given search words are found. For example, spanish and conversational to find only the results for courses related to conversational Spanish courses and not all Spanish courses and all conversational courses.
• Using AND versus OR in your course search will change the results. If you use the word AND between two words, the search results will contain only courses that contain both words in the course title or description. If you use the word OR between two words, the search results will contain courses with either of the two words in the course title and description. For example, if you typed Corporate OR Law you would get broader search results than if you typed Corporate AND Law.

The following areas are where your search term will be checked against:

• Course name (subject and course number)
• Section name (subject, course number, and section number)
• Course description
• Course and section title
• Department (code and description)
• Location (code and description)

The Keyword Search supports single and multiple character wildcard searches.

To perform a multiple character wildcard search, use the "*" symbol. Multiple character wildcard searches looks for 0 or more characters. For example:

• test* - will search for to search for test, tests, or tester, etc.
• te*t - will search for tenet, test, tent, etc.

To perform a single character wildcard search, use the "?" symbol. The single character wildcard search looks for items that match with the single character replaced. For example:

• te?t - will search for the word text, tent, test, etc.

Note: You cannot use a * or ? symbol as the first character of a search.

When viewing the Section Details, you will also see a Book Details section that provides the following information:

• ISBN
• Title
• Author
• Price

If book costs are displayed, the values are calculated using the price of new books. Displayed book costs are grouped based on whether they are required. A course can have required, optional, and recommended books. If the book total is blank, the cost of the books has not been defined.

Note: that book details may not show depending on the parameters defined by your institution.

On the catalog advanced search form, select the term from the dropdown and press the Search button to see the course catalog. The system displays all the courses with sections that are available during provided term.

Either select the term or specify dates. Self-Service uses these dates to select sections that fall within the specified date range. If you want to select sections by meeting dates, both dates are required.

Use the dropdown menu to select up to 6 subjects. If you have entered fewer than 6 subjects and wants to enter more, press the Add More… button. This appends an empty row for your selection. After you press Search, the catalog result displays the courses that have any of the subjects you selected.

Search for up to 6 courses by selecting a subject from the subject dropdown and providing a corresponding course number. If you have entered fewer than 6 courses and want to enter more, press the Add More... button. This appends an empty row for your selection. After you press Search, the course catalog result displays the courses that have course numbers you entered.

Specify up to 6 sections by selecting a subject from the subject dropdown and providing both a corresponding course number and section number. For example, to find section MATH-100-01 you would enter “MATH” in subject, “100” in course, and “01” in section If you have entered fewer than 6 courses and wants to enter more, press the Add More... button. This appends an empty row for your selection. After you press Search, the course catalog result displays sections that have the section numbers you entered. You cannot enter a section unless you have entered a course number. You cannot enter a course number unless a subject is selected.

Use the dropdown menu to search by location so that Self-Service displays all courses or sections that have this location.

Use the dropdown menu to search for a specific time so that Self-Service displays all sections that have meeting times within the selected time range.

Use the Time Starts by and Time Ends by fields to search the sections by specifying a time. When you specify a Starts by time, the system displays only the sections from start time onwards and later. When you specify an Ends by time, the system displays only the sections before the end time. When you specify a Starts by and the Ends by time, the system displays only the sections within the given time range.

Use the individual check boxes to select multiple days of week. The system displays all the sections that meet on those days.

Yes. Use as many criteria as you want on the advanced search page. The system displays the results that match all the criteria you specify.

If your institution has enabled section listing view, you will see a Results View option on the advanced search tab. Click the Section Listing option to return a table view of sections instead of the full course catalog results. Section Listing is for viewing only and you will not be able to add sections to a plan from that view.

Use the Clear button to clear all the fields and reset your search.