Basic Links
- Journal FinderSearch by journal title or by subject area. Then click the resource containing the needed date range.
Getting Started? Search More than One Place at Once
- YUFIND This link opens in a new windowA "discovery service" system set up to search many of our electronic databases with a single search.
- Google Scholar (customized for access to YU-subscribed full text) This link opens in a new windowArticles from scholarly journals and e-books.
To get full-text (where available), enter the keywords or article title in the search box and click on the top link (If there are two) to the right of the result.
Find Materials Your Professor put "On Reserve"
Reserve Articles, etc. (Electronic)
- E-Reserves An online system with a page of electronic articles / readings for each course.
Step-by-Step Instructions:
1. Go to E-Reserves (link above)
2. If you are off-campus or in the dorms, log in using the instructions below.
3. Search the system by department abbreviation, course number/name, or instructor.
4. Enter the course E-reserves password your professor handed out.
5. Locate the links or pdf files assigned by your professor.
Reserve Books, etc. (Print)
- Physical Reserves Search Search for physical items (like books) that your professor has "reserved" for her/his students to access in the library.
Step-by-Step Instructions:
1. Go to "Reserves Search" in the YULIS Library Catalog (link above)
2. Search the system by department abbreviation, course number/name, instructor, or title of the book.
3. Write down the Call Number of the book.
4. Bring the Call Number and your YU ID with you to retrieve the book:
- Stern: Reserve Desk, North Wing
- Pollack / Gottesman: Circulation Desk, 2nd floor
- Gottesman non-course related reserves: Reference Desk, 5th floor
Reserve books have a 2-hour loan period for in-library use only.
Overdue fines are 25 cents per hour per item.
Use the YULIS Library Catalog
- YULIS Library Catalog This link opens in a new windowSearch here to find books, e-books, journals, e-journals, DVDs & etc. that the library owns or subscribes to. Direct links to electronic resources.
Searching the YULIS Library Catalog
Books in the library are organized by call number:
Look for these charts in the library, or click for pdfs:
- Hedi Steinberg Library Location ChartLocate books or other materials in the Beren Campus Library.
- Pollack / Gottesman Library Location ChartLocate books or other materials in the Wilf Campus Libraries.
More in Depth, Focused Research
- A-Z Database ListAll of the databases that YU subscribes to. Browse by title or subject.
- Journal FinderSearch by journal title or by subject area. Then click the resource containing the needed date range.
More Help Accessing Articles & Books
Need Something YU Libraries Doesn't Have?
- WorldCat Discovery This link opens in a new windowSearch thousands of library catalogs. Link directly to YULIS Catalog records and online sources.
Request an interlibrary loan by clicking "Request Item."
- Interlibrary LoanThe library will request any book or article, etc. for you from other libraries around the country. A free service.
Search Tips
Phrase search | Use quotation marks around your phrase |
Truncation (sometimes called "wild card")
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Use an asterisk (*) with a word stub |
Choose a field to search
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Drop-down menus |
Resource category limiters
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Drop-down menus or check boxes |
Boolean operators --see examples below
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Drop-down menus |
Get Help
Shulamis Hes
E-Resources Manager/Public Services Librarian
Email me
shulamis.hes@yu.edu
Call me
1.646.592.4047
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http://www.yu.edu/libraries/