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type: Documentation
title: Basics
description: 'Search, favourites, collections and frequently asked questions: the
  basics of using Librario.'
resource: https://www.librario.de/en/docs/grundlagen
language: en
revision: e114aa541d24c57e452957a2313c85d2014b716b
tags:
- docs
---

# Basics

What every Librario user should know: search, personal favourites, shared collections and how to work with hard copies.

- [Searching for publications](/en/docs/grundlagen/publikationen-durchsuchen) — Full-text search with filters, sorting and relevance ranking, so you find the right literature quickly.
- [Borrowing hard copies](/en/docs/grundlagen/leihexemplare-ausleihen) — Borrow, request, place a hold on and return hard copies, explained step by step.
- [Managing favourites](/en/docs/grundlagen/favoriten-verwalten) — Mark important specialist literature with a heart and find it again quickly under My favourites.
- [Managing collections](/en/docs/grundlagen/sammlungen-verwalten) — Create collections on a topic for projects or departments and maintain them together with your team.



## Frequently asked questions

- [FAQ](/en/docs/grundlagen/faq) — Answers to frequently asked questions and typical workflows, from your first search to a shared collection.