Library Search launched July 16, 2025
Library Search is our new system for searching and requesting library materials.
It replaced APPsearch, the library catalog, and the previous online system for renewing and requesting items.
Benefits of Library Search
- One streamlined interface for searching and requesting items and managing your library account
- Borrow from other UNC System libraries: Borrow from NC A&T, UNCA, and WCU starting in July, with other universities joining soon
- Coming in 2026: A new library mobile app, easier requesting for articles and books from beyond the UNC system, and new features for course reading lists
Key Info for Faculty
- Update links to library resources: If you link directly to library resources like e-books in your syllabi or AsULearn courses, please check those links after July 16, 2025 and ask us if you need help finding updated links.
- How-tos and support materials are available on our Tutorials page. Please contact Mollie Peuler to request additional online tutorials.
- Purchasing of new library materials is on hold until early August. If you would like to make a purchase request for the fall semester, please contact your liaison.
Frequently Asked Questions
The goal is to modernize library systems and enhance resource discovery and access statewide by creating a shared library services platform across 12+ UNC System institutions. Long-term benefits include:
- Negotiating Power: By sharing a network with other institutions, the UNC System can negotiate better pricing for resources as a group.
- Resource Sharing: The system will make resource sharing more efficient and cooperative across all participating institutions.
This is a two-year, collaborative project that institutions will join in phases:
- July 2025: Appalachian State University, NC A&T University, UNC Asheville, and Western Carolina University
- Spring 2026: NC Central University, UNC Charlotte, UNC Pembroke, and UNC School of the Arts
- Fall 2026: Fayetteville State University, NC State University, UNC Wilmington, and Winston Salem State University
- Self-checkout will not be available over the summer, but users can still check out items at the desk.
- Ordering new materials: Material orders and new e-resource purchases will be paused during the transition. We will resume ordering in the new system on August 4.
- Access to e-resources: As we work to transition all of our e-resource vendors to the new system, you may encounter some broken links to full-text articles or e-books within Library Search, Research Guides, or AsULearn courses. Contact us if you need assistance accessing an e-resource or finding updated links for your AsULearn courses.
For questions about:
- Borrowing and account access: Contact Jason Stamper
- Instruction and course impacts: Contact your liaison
- General inquiries: Contact Ben Shirley and Amy Love
Not sure who to ask? Just email the library and we'll make sure your question gets to the right place!