First Year Writing

Searching the library catalog is different than searching Google.  

A Keyword is a term that represents the main concept of your research topic.  Using keywords improves search outcomes.

When you are developing these keywords consider:

• What are the most important words/phrases in your research question
• How to describe your topic
• How might someone else search for your topic
• Do you need to use subject specific terminology
• Synonyms

Are you looking for a book or article and you can't find it in our library?

We can get what you are looking for from other libraries.

For an article:

• First confirm that we don't have the journal you need by searching in this database:  E-Journals
• If it is not there, you can request an article here:  Interlibrary Loan - Article Request
• The library will get it for you, sometimes in less than 24 hours.

For a book:  

• The library can request any book for you from other libraries around the country.  This is a free service.  Fill out this form: Interlibrary Loan - Book Request
• This can take from a couple of days to a couple of weeks.
• The loan period varies -- dictated by the lending library.

For a book from Stern delivered to the Wilf Campus, or vice-versa:

• Fill out this form:  Interlibrary Loan - Book Request
• You can always go to the other campus in person, but use this form for delivery.
• This usually takes 2 days.

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: