Overview
The library catalog finds books, journals,maps, newspapers, films, sound recordings, primary source collections and more.
- Begin your search by connecting keywords and phrases
- Use the filters to Limit Your Search, by language, date published, era, etc.
- Improve your search results by following subject heading links.
Note: The library catalogs does not index the articles published in journals. To find articles, see: Databases.
From the library homepage
Library Catalog, Advanced Search
The Library Catalog, Advanced Search provides additional ways to expand or narrow your search.
- Use [any] to find alternate terms
- Use [phrase] to search phrases and to avoid word stemming. For example, in the search below, asia [phrase] avoids picking up titles on Asian Americans.
- Additionally, you can use the fields search to search terms in the title, author, subject, publisher fields and more.
Example:
police policing [any]
asia [phrase]