Dance 211: Finding Books

Start in the library catalog

• Do a few keyword searches in the library catalog
• Once you find a relevant book, click on the Details link and look at the Subjects to find similar items
• When you click on a subject, it will run a new search on that topic

Browse the shelves
Books are organized on the shelves according to topic, so once you find a promising source, you can:

• use the Virtual Browse link in the library catalog to see other possibly relevant books around it
• or go to the shelves to browse physically

Finding Ebooks

You can find ebooks in the library catalog by doing a search for a topic, title, or author, and filtering your search results by:

• Availability: Full Text Online and Open Access
• Resource Type: Books

See a demo:

• Desktop
• Mobile/Tablet

You can also search directly in ebook provider platforms.

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