Why is the title I'm searching for not appearing as the first result?

Entering a phrase of a title is not showing up as the top result whereas I was expecting it to be shown first

This is to do with the indexing:

Entering it as a standard search will search across all indexes. That is, it is doing a keyword search on every word within the keyword index (kw).
It is better to perform a phrase search and ensure the search is across just the title index (ti) if the terms searched are part of the title.
This can be done by using = after the title index label (ti) to search specific words within a phrase. If a match in a field or subfield is found that contains only those words the results will display. For example, search for ti=lord of the rings.
Use the quotes around the phrase if you want those words to be searched together within the title index. For example, search for ti="lord of the rings".

Note: A whole phrase search in the standard search is not available in WorldCat Discovery. See more information on whole phrase searching.

See more information on phrase searching
See more information about filtering search result as sort options also have an impact on what is shown first

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