Searching for resources

Hi The online library search engine is totally useless. The Lancaster Uni online library is brilliant - perhaps you could take a look at that and seek advice. I cannot understand why I can't search by author. It is anti-literature search as I can't even search by subject. Basically, I have to know what I am looking for, go individually into the online journal and then find the paper I am looking for. How am I supposed to learn more or find more things if the search doesn't help me? Even when I know the paper I am looking for, it still takes me half an hour to find it. The entire system is off-putting and absolutely not study friendly at all. 

Thank you for your email I am sorry that you seem to be experiencing problems searching for resources. Please could you tell me which "Library search engine" you are using? University of Bedfordshire offers two search routes
The library catalogue library.beds.ac.uk
where you can search by: Author. Title, Keyword or Journal Title

so the subject search facility is there in Keyword

and DISCOVER http://0-eds.a.ebscohost.com.brum.beds.ac.uk/eds/search/basic?sid=a78d7b26-7f68-4124-b6b2-d1407d549ee3%40sessionmgr4002&vid=0&hid=4203
where you can search by: author, title and keyword

so again the subject search facility is there in the Keyword option

There is a raft of on-line advice about accessing resources including these pages
http://lrweb.beds.ac.uk/guides/beyond-discover

http://lrweb.beds.ac.uk/guides/researchers

Your Academic Liaison Librarian has created alot of content around your subject that you may find useful
http://lrweb.beds.ac.uk/guides/subjectguides

Or you may wish to contact your Academic Liaison Librarian directly for some help
 http://lrweb.beds.ac.uk/studyhub/what-is-study-hub/study-hub-teams/academicliaison/Subjects

Thanks