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

Go to the library catalog

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Catalog basic search

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]