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Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering

How to Find Books

You have a lot of options for books and you can search in several ways.  

To start a search for books in the University Library start at the home page of the Library

Library home page with two red arrows pointing to the books tab and search box

Check the "Books" tab and enter search term(s) or keyword(s) into the search box.  Remember that the Library Databases need you to break down your research question into keywords.  So if you are looking for a book about Women's Voting Rights in France you would enter "voting rights" and "women" and "France".   If you are using more than one search term it can be easier to start the search by hitting the "Advanced Search" option just below the search box. The advanced search page looks like this:

Advanced library search page with a red arrow pointing down at the advanced search bar

If you enter each search term on into its own search box you will be easily able to adjust the search terms to quickly find books on your topic.

Once you have a list of results you filter the results to find a list of just what you are looking for.  The results list looks like this:

Search results for library books with a red square around filter options on the left

In the screenshot above you can see the filter on the left side with different choices for books and eBooks.  For physical books the catalog listing will show you whether the book is available or checked out and where it is located (see above).  For electronic books it will give you a direct link to reading the book online (above).