Keyword searches – use quotation marks to hold phrases together ("materials science")
Truncation – use ? after the root of a word to find all its variants (metal? finds metal, metals, metallurgical)
Browse the Subject(s) field in records to find the right words for searches. (Example: Try doing a keyword search for "metal fatigue," then look at the subject(s) field in several records. You’ll see that the subject term is "Metals --Fatigue." Click the subject heading to find more records with this subject.)
Revise and refine your searches.
Watch for repeating call numbers and browse stacks in that area.
Pay attention to the Location and Status fields. You will need this information to locate the item in the library.
This subscription databases provides the Library with access to over 112,000 ebook titles on a variety of topics. Although these books need to be checked out, more than one person at a time can access, view and checkout these titles.
A collection of over 70,000 electronic books covering all academic disciplines. Pages from ebrary titles can be printed by using the InfoTools button and choosing Print. You can choose to print the current page, a range of pages (with the maximum number of pages being 60) or an entire chapter.
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