Greek320: Homer: Finding Books/Using OneSearch
What if Hollins/Roanoke College doesn't have a book I need?!!
Use our interlibrary loan service (ILLiad) to request a book/article/media.
Find Books
OneSearch - Books
OneSearch is the library's system for searching everything; this box limits your search to books.
More Books
- WorldcatFind books in libraries worldwide; use Inter-Library Loan (see below) to borrow them
HINT: DON'T USE HOLLINS.WORLDCAT.ORG, it will put our books first instead of sorting by relevance - Google BooksGoogle Books contains full-text for books in the public domain and partial-text for books under copyright.
Boolean Operators
Boolean operators help you when searching. The most popular operators are: AND, OR, NOT.
AND narrows your search, OR expands your search, NOT limits your search
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Use the asterisk * to truncate a word and search for all forms.
Ex. Invent* will give you: Invent, Invents, Inventor, Invention
Use the question mark ? as a wildcard symbol.
Ex. Wom?n will search: woman & women
Use quotes to search for a specific phrase rather than just keywords
Ex. "Frog King" will search for the phrase rather than pulling every result that has "frog" and "king" somewhere in the record.
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MSIS, Information Science
The University of Texas at Austin
BA, History
Southwestern University