Using the Library Catalog

Library Catalog

Our main Library Catalog is a version of WorldCat, which you may have used in the past. If not, try it out! Our catalog includes resources from around the world. Enter your zip code to see where the nearest copy of a resource is located in a public or research library.

Links to book covers, amazon reviews

 
Includes some journal articles. However: see article tab (above) for more comprehensive article searching. 

 

Classic Catalog

 

  • Better for more specialized searching, limiting your results to Cornell only, Also available off campus.
  • Contains records for Cornell-held books, DVD's/videos, sound recordings, magazines/newspapers/journals, computer files, government documents, manuscripts and archives, maps, scores, and more.
  • Does not contain articles
  • Question marks function as truncation characters.
  • Classic Catalog Quickguide (pdf)

Subject words to try in either catalog:

  • Cookery
  • Food Habits
  • Food in literature
  • Diets - History
  • Food - Social Aspects
  • Gastronomy - History

 

 

Finding Books in Olin & Uris

Find books at the Cornell University Library
using the Library of Congress classification system.