Below are subject listings from our library catalog - click on them to go directly to the books associated with that subject. Remember, you can use these terms as keywords in databases!
Search our library catalog for books, e-books and films. Remember, it searching Hollins' and Roanoke College's collection. Be sure to look at the location code (HU = Hollins, RC = Roanoke College). If you need something at Roanoke College click the "Request" button and it will be delivered the next weekday. You can also use your Hollins ID to checkout books at RC.
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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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Google Books - Google Books contains full-text for books in the public domain and partial-text for books under copyright. Google Books can be useful for finding out which books contain information on your topic which you can then order them via interlibrary loan.