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How to Find a Book

You can search for books and eBooks directly from the library catalog and/or from Library Search.

Searching from the "Search Anything" box

  • Go to the library’s homepage.
  • Click the yellow search button to access all of the Library Search features (it’s okay that the search box is empty).
After starting a search from the main search box on the library homepage, you'll see a Books & EBooks filter option under the search box on the search results page
  • Click on Books & eBooks.
Books & Ebooks filter appears under the search box
  •  Enter your search terms into the ‘Search anything’ box. The search box defaults to searching everything. If you would like to search a specific part of the collection, use the drop down menu to select where you would like to search. For example you can select ‘App State Only’ to exclude the other UNC System schools.
  • Click search.
Filter options under Refine Your Results allow you to restrict your search to print, online, or open access books only
  • The search results will default to searching ebooks, print, and open access. If you have a preferred format, you can select or exclude a specific format on the left hand side of the page, under availability.
    • Please note that there are two ways to apply filters, by clicking on the button/toggle OR by checking the box on the left and applying the filter.
Options for narrowing your search to a specific area like App State Only or PreK-12 Materials appear to the right of the search box
  • If the book is in print format, you’ll see the location, call number, and Map it feature listed.
  • If the book is available online, click on the Available Online link. You’ll see options for how to access the online book.
Item locations and call numbers appear beneath each item in the search results

Searching from Advanced Search

  • From the library’s homepage, click on the Advanced Search link.
  • Change Material Type to Books & E-Books.
  • If you know specific information about the book you’re looking for, such as Title or Author, you can change the search filters, and search.
In the Advanced Search interface, Books & Ebooks appears in the Material Type drop-down and other filters like Title and Author appear in drop-downs before the Keywords box

Searching Directly From the Library Catalog

  • From the library’s homepage, click on ‘Books & More’.
  • You can use the drop down to search for App State books and media by keyword, title, author, and more.
  • Enter in your search term(s)
  • Click search
  • If the book is in print format, you’ll see the location and call number listed.
  • If the book is available online, click on the Available Online link. You’ll see options for how to access the online book.
Choosing Books & More from the library homepage takes you to a search box configured to search only items owned by App State
  • If the book is in print format, you’ll see the location and call number listed.
  • If the book is available online, click on the Available Online link. You’ll see options for how to access the online book.
Below each search result, you will see either a link to access the item (for ebooks) or an item location and call number (for print books)