You can search for books, movies, and music by using the library's online catalog.
Type the keyword(s) in the box below, then press Enter or click the Search button.
This box uses the SirsiDynix Enterprise Web Search with their brand of fuzzy logic and not Boolean logic. No OR searching and no truncation is available in it. See the Classic Catalog and Searching the Classic Catalog with Classic Search boxes for more complete searching. See the Searching for Books and Media box for even more advanced searching options in WorldCat.
You can search for books, movies, and music by using the library's Classic Catalog or Classic Search. It supports a wider range of searching with ORing, truncation (using $ for roots or ? for embedded letters), proximity, and more.
Click on this button
to bring up the Advanced or Powersearch search interface:
You can search for books, movies, and music by using the library's Classic Catalog or Classic Search. It supports a wider range of searching with ORing, truncation (using $ for roots or ? for embedded letters), proximity, and more.
Click on this button
to bring up the Advanced or Powersearch search interface:
Then copy and paste this search:
personal financ$ or financial litera$
into the subject box so it looks like this:
Next click on or press enter.
(The $ sign allows you to find every subject that starts with the letters before it.)
At the bottom of the screen, below are more options to choose from like library.
To search beyond basic AND/NOT and be able to drive your own searching by using more Boolean logic and functions such as:
truncation (of various kinds)
OR
proximity
In addition to the search boxes you see, you may add rows.
You may also enter more advanced searches directly into the keyword box, such as:
environment* AND (pollut* OR chemi* OR toxic OR poison*)
The
operators must be capitalized for the search engine to understand your intention.
Be sure to check the Austin Community College box at the bottom of the Worldcat page from the Limit your search dropdown list:
For even more options for your searching
is available to you by clicking on the button
inside OCLC Worldcat. (Off Campus or Outside of Network you will be prompted for your ACC eID.)
From Limit availability to:
be sure to check the box before
Items in my library (TAC, Austin Community College):
The box at the bottom of the OCLC WorldCat Expert Search screen provides detailed search options you can use:
If you need help, contact me.
Books about management, business administration, business law, small businesses, international business, and related topics are not all together in one area, but may be found in several different call number areas--mainly the HD, HF, and KF sections of the library shelving area (the stacks).
The Library of Congress Classification call number chart below shows where you might browse in the stacks to find books related to your courses.
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When searching for a book on a particular topic, you may find it more efficient to go to the library web search to find exact call numbers for specific titles you want to use. Remember that you can ask a reference librarian to assist you with your research, in person in the library, by telephone or online.
Finding e-Books - Online Tutorial
In this tutorial you will explore the role books play in research, how to find books, and how to access e-books.This module is designed to take about 10 minutes to complete and includes lots of examples and some interactive practice.
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