Identify and Locate Books
YULIS Library Catalog
- YULIS Library Catalog This link opens in a new window Search here to find books, e-books, journals, e-journals, DVDs & etc. that the library owns or subscribes to. Direct links to electronic resources.
- YULIS Advanced Search Use this screen to search a specific "field," like Subject or Title.
- Search the "Quick Search" box on the YULIS Library Catalog home page (link above).
For example if you are researching the temple of Onias in Leontopolis (Egypt) use "Onias" as the search term. - Click on a title of interest.
- Click on "Details" to view the "full" record.
- Notice the subject links in blue and use these to perform additional searches.
You can either click a link or use that language to search the "Subject" field from the YULIS Advanced Search screen (link above).
WORLDCAT
- WorldCat Discovery This link opens in a new window Use the Worldcat database to identify additional books, which are not owned by the YU Libraries.
Use the Worldcat database to identify additional books, which are not owned by the YU Libraries.
Interlibrary Loan
The Interlibrary Loan service provides students, faculty, and staff of the Wilf and Beren campuses with books, book chapters, journal articles, and other library materials that are not reflected in the YULIS Catalog or not available at their campus library.
Reference works, rare books, fragile volumes, and non-circulating items are generally not available through Interlibrary Loan.
Fill out one of the online forms below, or the printed forms available in the libraries, to request material through Interlibrary Loan.
Request a book, book chapter, microfilm, etc.
For more information about the Interlibrary Loan process, or to check the status of a loan request, contact: Rebekah Shoemake
interlibraryloan@yu.edu | 646-592-4041
Evaluate Reliability of Books
You should carefully choose among the books you find by considering some of the following:
- Is the author of the book reliable? You can try to answer this question by seeing whether s/he is identified with an institution of higher learning (a Google or Bing search often provides the answer) and by looking up reviews of the book.
- Who is responsible for publication of the book? Books published by academic presses or institutions are generally more reliable.
- When was the book written? More recent books have the advantage of relying on previous work.
- Does the author provide source citations? You should be able to verify the sources upon which the author based his work.
