Library Catalogue
Click here to search exclusively for Reserve readings.
Use "Containing" and "Any Field" for a google-like search. Use "Starting With" and "Author" or" Title" to search for a known item. If you are not sure of the "Subject" - which works like a yellow pages heading in the phone book - try "Any Field" and look for the "Subject" assigned to a book that is on your topic, and click on that term to find more books with that heading.
Catalogue Search basics
You can use the "Other Search Options" in the catalogue to express more complex ideas. You can combine your terms:
and - use to combine keywords, terms, or concepts that must be together in the same source
- (animals and welfare)
or - Use to combine keywords, terms, or concepts that could be together in the same source, but only one might be in a particular source (also good for synonyms)
- (animals or livestock)
not - combine keywords, terms, or concepts where one keyword, term, or concept cannot be in any source with the other one
- (welfare not social assistance)
Truncation and wildcards:
Truncation is a tool that allows you to find words that start the same way - for Canada or Canadian, the truncated search term would be Canad$ NOTE: The truncation symbol in the library catalogue is $ but in other databases may be * or ? These symbols will change in each database, so be sure to check out the HELP link when you're searching.
A wildcard symbol is used for words that are spelled similarly - like wom?n for woman and women. It can also be used for one letter differences in spelling, as in labor and labour - use labo?r. NOTE: The wildcard symbol in the library catalogue is ? but in other databases may be * These symbols will change in each database, so be sure to check out the HELP link when you're searching.
What is the Library Catalogue?
The Library Catalogue includes:
- all material in the U of A Libraries
- all material held by our NEOS partner libraries. Click on the request link to bring this material to the U. of A.
To limit a search to U. of Alberta material, go to other search options and choose library: U. of Alberta.
Types of material in the catalogue include:
- print books and e-books
- government publications
- DVDs and other media
- journal titles, but not each article in a journal
For articles see the Find articles tab above.
Looking for a thesis?
If you can't find what you're looking for in the catalogue, try this guide:
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