Pambu Search Help

The Pacific Manuscripts Bureau
Microfilm Catalogue Search Pages

The Pambu search can be used to search specific parts of the database or the whole thing.

Each option is discussed below:

Search Type

• Author searches only by authors
• Title searches only by title
• Serial Number searches by PMB Serial Numbers
• Notes searches by notes - this is slower
• All searches every record for every publication. Slowest way to search

Conjunction

• AND looks for records that contain all the search terms
• OR looks for records that contain one or more search terms

Pambu Holding
Search Manuscripts only, Documents only, or both.

Output Length

• Long provides all details, including publication notes.
• Short does not provide publication notes.

Output Order
Allows you to order the results by serial number, author or dates.