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Ways to Search the Catalog

There are several options for searching the catalog:

Type of Search

What It Does
Keyword Locates any records that include your search term or terms
Subject Locates records for items about your search term
Author Used to locate books by a particular author
Title Searches for titles beginning with the words you enter
Call Number Searches by call number
Periodicals Locates records for magazine, journal or newspaper titles that are in the Librarynot individual articles
Reserves Used to find course materials placed on reserve by an instructor.
Your Library Account To see a list of items you've checked out or renew items

In this section of LINKS, you'll learn to search by Subject, Keyword, Title, Author, Journal, and Reserves. You'll also learn how to view your own checkouts and renewals.

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