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Asian 1111--Hot Cold War: Asia and Culture: The Library Catalog

Useful Tips

Tip 1: Unless you are looking for a particular item, your first search should be a general keyword search.

Tip 2: Then use the facets on the left column to reduce results to those most relevant to your needs.

 Tip 3: For items that are not available  Online (and don't restrict yourself to those!) always pay attention to the library location and call numbers.  Also note whether the material is shelved in the regular, oversized (+), or double oversized (++) sections.

Regular Size Books in Olin Library

 

Finding Materials from the Library Homepage

The main search box on the Library home page will retrieve material from two different sources: the CU Library catalog and journal article databases. Clicking on a link below the search box (Catalog, etc.) will limit your searches to that particular source.


The Cornell Library Catalog includes the holdings of all Ithaca campus libraries.  The catalog contains records for books, journals, databases, government documents, manuscripts and archives, maps, musical scores, sound recordings, and visual materials.

Finding Articles from the Library Homepage

The Articles & Full Text feature on the main Library web page allows you to perform simple searches across multiple databases/article indexes. Because the various databases are structured differently, search results may vary widely. For more precise searching, it's best to search the databases individually. Choosing Databases from the pulldown menu and clicking on Search will display a select ("greatest hits") listing by subject area.  You can also search for individual d3atabases through the library catalog.

Recommended Database: Bibliography of Asian Studies