LIMO is a search platform with which you can query all National Bank of Belgium's collections and the collections of all other LIBISnet libraries.

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introduction
http://limo.libis.be/NBB

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What is LIMO?
 LIMO is a so‐called "discovery" service with a central access to
not only physical items from the National Bank of Belgium's
collection, but also:
 databases, e‐journals & e‐book collections subscribed to by the NBB
 academic repositories (universities)
 free resources (Open Access)

3. Search: the basic options
 Content
 All Content: default; very broad search: other libraries Libisnet,
electronic resources (millions of records!)
 NBB Catalogue: NBB collection only
 Search
 Simple: default
 Advanced: combination of search criteria
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Simple Search
 Type your search term(s), click on "Search" and wait for the
results to show up
 More complex search strings:
 Boolean operators: AND, OR, NOT
 “exact phrases”
 truncation & wildcards: ? en *
 More info: ‐‐> Limo Help

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Advanced Search
 Searches on more specific fields from the start
‐‐> results will be fewer & more specific

6. Searching LIMO: Facets (1)
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Results can be further refined by
clicking on facets:
 Full text online
 Resource Type
 Creation Date
 Creator (Author)
 Language
 ...

7. Searching LIMO: Facets (2)
 A facet will only be shown if at least two items are
found
 Facets can be used to further reduce the number of
results
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unique item
--> NO facets!

8. Search results: sorted by
 Sorted by
 Relevance (this is the default setting!)
 Date‐newest (most recent on top)
 Title alphabetically (A to Z)
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9. Search results ‐ information blocks
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 Icons: Book, Article,...
 Bibliographical information (title, author, editor)
 Availability
 Tabs:
 Location: physical location; if online access available:
 Details: full bibliographical description
 Tags: you can add some (personal) tags if you like
 Share: add to citations, print, e‐mail, export to reference tools

10. Sign in
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My account
 List of active loans, loan history
 Requests
 Personal settings (language, e‐mail, ...)
No login or login/password forgotten?
‐‐‐> Contact us: documentation@nbb.be, tel. 24 10

12. My citations
 Select search results
 Manage in "My citations"
 add notes
 E‐mail
 Print
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My account ‐ my searches
 Save query
 Manage via My account

14. Help
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 Help is just one click away!
 Documentation service
 documentation@nbb.be
 Tel. 24 10
 Looking forward to your feedback! Thank you.
 you can also use the feedback form