This search retrieves records for books, journals, newspapers, maps, e-books, e-journals, electronic resources, video and sound recordings, etc.

This is the most efficient way to search for known items.

• Enter words from the beginning of the title: eternal sunshine
• You can omit all punctuation and capitals: twains puddnhead wilson the development and design, not Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson: The Development and Design
• It is better to omit the article at the beginning of the title (a, an, the, das, un, el, la, l', etc.) in any language: red and the black, not the red and the black
• You can use limits to search for specific formats, e.g., electronic resources (ebooks and ejournals), videos, music, archives, etc.
• If you're unsure of the title, try a keyword search

This search retrieves authors, editors, composers, translators, arrangers, illustrators, etc. An author may be an individual or an organization, institution, government body, conference or symposium. If you are looking for materials about someone or an organization, use a Subject search.

• For individual authors, enter the author's last name first, and as much as you wish of the first name: hawking ste
• For organizations or groups, enter name from the start: association of medical librarians, not medical librarians, association of

This search must use terms as they are found in the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) list or the National Library of Medicine's Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) list.

• Enter standard headings from the start:
        sculpture medieval italy
        emigration and immig
        motion pictures
        hemingway ernest
        women india history
        acquired immunodeficiency syndrome therapy

• If you don't know the standard heading, try a keyword search

This search will place you in the call number browsing index at the nearest match to the number you have entered. From there you can browse forward or back through the call numbers.

• Enter as much of the call number as you know: HQ75.8.M55 A3 2006
• Use this search for Library of Congress call numbers
• Use a Call Number Exact search for Dewey Decimal, Avery, and other specialized call numbers

This search locates an item by its unique identification number. The call number represents an item's subject matter and indicates the location on the shelf where the item can be found. Call Number Exact searches will result in a list of call numbers matching the number you have entered.

• Enter as much of the call number as you know: 92D251 D4
• Use this search for Dewey Decimal, Avery and other specialized call numbers
• Use Call Number (begins with) for Library of Congress call numbers

This search retrieves materials by author or composer, displayed in a list sorted alphabetically by the title of the work with the various editions grouped together. This search is most useful when locating works by prolific authors or composers, such as Shakespeare or Beethoven, which exist in multiple editions. Do not use this search to find works by a second author, or by editors, performers, contributors, translators, etc. For these, try a plain author search instead.

• Enter the author's last name first: milton john
• The different editions are grouped together by title

This search finds series titles, or works published under various titles, in a variety of different editions, or with no known author.  It searches the uniform title fields in the cataloging record.  It is particularly useful for finding editions and translations of the Bible and the Qur'an, and also provides cross-references to epics and serials. 

• Enter a series title: Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series
• Enter an anonymous work: bhagavad gita