JSIS 495 - Winter 2021: Task Force H: Finding Books

• By Topic - Type in the keywords that broadly describe your topic. For example: climate change wildfires
• Browse - Use the Browse option to browse by author, title, subject, or LC call number. Note: results are limited to physical items held by the UW Libraries.
• By Title - search for a specific book by title. Type in the first few words of the book title in quotations.  For example: "trees in trouble".
• By Author - search for books written by a specific author. Type in the last name followed by the first name of the author in quotations.  For example: "franklin jerry". 

• Use quotation marks to search for a phrase. Example: "wildfire smoke"
• Combine search terms with the connector "AND" to reduce the number of results. Use the connector "OR" to increase the number of results, for example: inuit OR eskimos. 
• Use * as the truncation symbol to search for the root word, for example, mitigat* will retrieve mitigate, mitigates, mitigation, etc.
• Use the facets on the left side of the screen (under Refine My Results) to narrow by: Available online; or by Publication Date; or by Resource Type (Articles, Print Books, eBooks, Government Documents, Maps, etc.)

You can find eBooks in two ways:

• Do your search and then on the results screen, filter your results by using the toolbar:
  • Choose Availability: "Available Online" and Resource Type: "eBooks"
  • And then click on the green "Apply Filters" button
• Use the Advanced Search option
  • Change "Show Only" to "UW Libraries" and "Material Type" to "eBooks"
• See the eBook FAQ for more information