1) Create a list of keywords that relate to your topic. Determine broad AND narrow (specific) keywords for your topic.
2) If you need to find more keywords look a thesaurus, or perhaps an encyclopedia article (see previous tab "Background Resources")
3) Search via keywords (do not type sentences - Do not type a, the, etc.)
4) Use boolean operators: AND, OR, NOT.
- Use to search more specific
- Limit search by collection (TMC, Course Reserves, etc.)
- Do a more indepth search with more fields: ISBN, call number, etc..
Library of Congress Call Number Ranges for Subject related Browsing:
GF Human Ecology
HB300 - statistics
HQ – The Family. Marriage. Women - curriculum related
HQ – 57 teaching safer sex
LB 1587 – children’s lit /health related
KZ6440-6530 – Humanitarian Law – just guessing
QM
QP
QR
RA (400)
RC 423 – speech pathology
RC (660…)
RC 1200s sport medicine
RJ
TD environmental tech/sanitary engineering
TX Nutrition
Tips on finding resources in the Advanced Search
Looking for eBooks? Refine your results on the left to "Available Online"
Item not available @ Cortland? Use Interlibrary Loan!
Books are located in the South Wing. Use the first letter of a book's call number to identify the floor on which it may be found:
2nd floor: C-H 3rd floor: J-N, Q-Z 4th floor: A-B, P
You can use ONESearch to search almost everything the Memorial Library has: books and e-books, videos, articles, digital media, and more. Refine your results by Books or Book Chapters to get books. Use 'Held by Library' to limit your results to our print holdings OR use the 'Available Online' option to get to Ebooks.
For more tips on using ONESearch, visit our ONESearch using Primo VE guide.
You can also use these Ebook databases: