{"id":22979,"date":"2026-07-13T07:23:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T04:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lib.haifa.ac.il\/ifa\/tips-for-searching-stories-in-the-ifa-catalog\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T09:57:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T06:57:49","slug":"tips-for-searching-stories-in-the-ifa-catalog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lib.haifa.ac.il\/en\/ifa\/tips-for-searching-stories-in-the-ifa-catalog\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for searching stories in the IFA catalog"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"22979\" class=\"elementor elementor-22979 elementor-22971\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-008071b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"008071b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a708bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6a708bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1407\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-21993\" alt=\"\u05e4\u05e1 \u05d0\u05e1\u05e2&quot;\u05d9\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lib.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3.png 1407w, https:\/\/lib.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3-300x36.png 300w, https:\/\/lib.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3-1024x123.png 1024w, https:\/\/lib.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3-768x92.png 768w, https:\/\/lib.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3-1320x159.png 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1407px) 100vw, 1407px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2ab6df e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b2ab6df\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bef4fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6bef4fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tips for searching stories in the IFA catalog<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c766de1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c766de1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccb4d6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ccb4d6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"29\" data-end=\"253\">You can search <a href=\"https:\/\/primo-icc-prod.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com\/primo-explore\/search?vid=ASAI&amp;lang=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IFA catalog<\/a> using different criteria\u2014separately or in combination\u2014using free text or advanced search. Below are several recommended categories to begin a thematic search if there is no specific story you want to look for:<\/p><p data-start=\"257\" data-end=\"282\">Name of the storyteller<\/p><p data-start=\"285\" data-end=\"307\">Name of the recorder<\/p><p data-start=\"310\" data-end=\"334\">Ethnic\/community group<\/p><p data-start=\"337\" data-end=\"344\">Genre<\/p><p data-start=\"347\" data-end=\"375\">Tale type (Aarne\u2013Thompson)<\/p><p data-start=\"378\" data-end=\"442\">Various keywords (such as objects, places, characters, and more)<\/p><p data-start=\"444\" data-end=\"645\">You can narrow the results by the year of recording in advance through\u00a0<strong data-start=\"515\" data-end=\"534\">Advanced Search<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"535\" data-end=\"538\" \/>After initial results are obtained, they can be further refined according to the different characteristics.<\/p><p data-start=\"647\" data-end=\"671\"><strong data-start=\"647\" data-end=\"671\">Example: Free search<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"673\" data-end=\"815\">Not getting (enough) results? Try removing some of the search restrictions, using synonyms, or searching with fewer keywords at the same time.<\/p><p data-start=\"817\" data-end=\"1012\">To locate a\u00a0<strong data-start=\"829\" data-end=\"842\">tale type<\/strong>: the\u00a0<strong data-start=\"848\" data-end=\"877\">Aarne\u2013Thompson type index<\/strong>\u00a0from 1973 is available online here. The\u00a0<strong data-start=\"918\" data-end=\"948\">Aarne\u2013Thompson\u2013Uther index<\/strong>\u00a0from 2004 is available as a physical copy in various libraries.<\/p><p data-start=\"1014\" data-end=\"1076\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Still need help with your search? 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