Brief Guide to Classic PALS
Author: Kathie Richardson

Basic Commands

To Search By: Command: Example:
Topic TE (any word or term)
ST (subject term) 		TE cattle nutrition
ST beef cattle
Title TT (title key words)
TI (exact title) 		TT cattle feeding
TI Beef cattle feeding and nutrition
Author AU [author's last name first name or initial] AU Perry T

Displaying and Printing


 Command Example:
Display of records found DI Displays records 1-20
Display individual records DI [record # or #'s] DI 6 12 14 19
Display availability of a volume or year of a periodical DSD [year or volume] DSD 1987
Return to list of records RE
Send results of a search to your e-mail address PRINT MAIL [your e-mail address] Print mail Doe@ndsuext.nodak.edu
Send a full-text article to your e-mail address PRINT MAIL TXT [your e-mail address] Print mail txt Doe@ndsuext.nodak.edu

Helpful Hints
Limit to recent material GT (then date) GT 1990
(limits to greater than 1990)
Truncation: use to get all variant endings of a word # TE pesticid#

Searching other libraries

To search for command example/explanation
Tri-College TRI (use after search command) TE TRI math# anxiety
UND and other ND libraries SET HOST ODN then search like PALS
University of Minnesota SET HOST LUMINA follow screen instructions
Other library codes SHO Hosts
to return to NDSU Catalog SET HOST LOCAL

Searching periodical indexes on PALS


Command Example
To select an index SET FILE [file name]
type SHO Files for list 		SET FILE GEN
then search like PALS

PALS is also available on the World Wide Web at: http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/webpals.php