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ENGL 1301 - Lawhon - Fall 2023: Finding - eBooks and Streaming Videos

Ebook Databases

Ways to Search

When you search the catalog you can choose how you want to search. Some of the most commonly used are Author, Title, or LC Subject. Leaving the search set to the default setting Keywords is the best search for most things.

 

You can also limit by campus library or material type. Search defaults to all campus libraries, unless you choose a specific location.

 

 

Finding Books & eBooks Tutorial

For more on searching the catalog, try the Finding Books and eBooks Tutorial.

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Video: How to Find eBooks & Streaming Videos

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Let's take a quiz!

For how long can you check out books in the circulating collection?
1 week: 0 votes (0%)
3 days: 0 votes (0%)
3 weeks: 2 votes (100%)
the entire semester: 0 votes (0%)
Total Votes: 2
What is the call number for the book -- Five straight lines: a history of music?
ONLINE: 0 votes (0%)
MT6.C775 M88 1998: 0 votes (0%)
HF5383 .I74 2010 EB: 0 votes (0%)
ML160 .G36 2021: 2 votes (100%)
Total Votes: 2
What ebook platform has Mosby's 2024 Nursing Drug Reference?
Ebook Central: 0 votes (0%)
eBooks on EBSCOhost: 2 votes (100%)
Oxford Reference: 0 votes (0%)
Gale eBooks: 0 votes (0%)
Total Votes: 2
I have to return my book the the ACC Library I checked it out at.
TRUE: 0 votes (0%)
FALSE: 2 votes (100%)
Total Votes: 2

Answers: (1) (2) (3) (4)

 

Elements of a Catalog Record

1. Book/Video title - Click on the title to see the full record and to place a hold on the book

2. Author

3. Format - Material type (Book, eBook, DVD, Streaming video)

4. Library - Which campus libraries have the item

5. Status - Whether the book/DVD is available for check out 

***If the status of the book/DVD is Circulating Shelves, then the item is available for checkout  

6.  Call # - Where to find the book/DVD on the shelf 


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