...Find books at York College Library?

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How do I find books at the York College
Library? To find books at York College Library,

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search the library catalog by clicking on
Books and More.

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Note that this catalog includes books, entire
e-books, and links to online government documents.

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That means you will find physical books as
well as digital materials.

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From the library's webpage, click on Books and
More.

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A basic search screen shows up, giving you the
option to search by keyword,

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title, author, subject, and more. You can also
choose to do an advanced search by clicking

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on the option in the orange bar.

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Let's start out with a keyword search, since
many students need to find books on a specific topic,

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like the Civil Rights Movement.

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After clicking on Books and More, make sure
the drop-down box on the far right says York College.

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That means you're searching only York Library
and not all of CUNY. For this example,

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we will leave all fields selected in the
left-hand box.

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This is a keyword search, and the computer
will look for your word or phrase anywhere in the book's library

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record. What does that mean? Your word or
phrase might appear in the title of the book,

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or in the book's subject headings, or in the
book's summary, etc.

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It will be somewhere on the page with the
book's information.

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In the search box, type Civil Rights Movement,
and click Search,

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or hit Enter.

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In the search results on the next screen,
you'll see that we own over 100 books and e-books about this

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topic. The newest materials are listed first,
and the titles of the books are listed in the center

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of the screen. Remember that the library
catalog contains printed books as well as electronic books,

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online documents, and more.

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If you see Book and York Library, you know
that the item is a physical book that you can find on the

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shelf. If you see Electronic Resource and
CUNY, it means that the item is an e-book or a

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web-based government document. You won't be
looking for something on the shelf.

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For right now, we're going to focus on the
printed books available at York Library.

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If you see something that looks promising,
click on the title to get more information

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about it.

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You'll now see a fuller description of the
book, subject headings, and,

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if you're lucky, a table of contents or a
summary.

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Your search terms are highlighted, and looking
at this screen will give you a good idea what the book

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is about and whether it's worth going to the
shelf looking for it. If it still looks promising,

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click where it says Location and Call Number
to see where to find the book on the shelf.

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If you see Stacks, the book will be downstairs
and you can borrow it.

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If it says Reference or Reserve, the book is
on the main floor and you can only use it in the library.

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Be sure to look for the words Look on Shelf so
you don't waste time looking for a book that's being

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used by someone else or is lost.

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Take the time to write down the location and
the entire call number before you head to the shelf.

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If you know the title of a specific book or
your professor suggested a specific author,

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do not do a keyword search. Instead of All
Fields, click on the appropriate option.

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Let's say you want to find out if York owns
the Scarlet Letter.

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After clicking on Books and More, make sure
the drop-down box on the far right says York College.

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That means you're searching only York Library
and not all of CUNY.

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You know the title of a specific book, so
click on Title Be gins With in the left-hand box.

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With this selected, the computer will look for
your phrase only in the title portion of the book's record.

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In the search box, type Scarlet Letter. Notice
that we left off "the" and don't have to worry

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about capitalization. Hit Search or Enter.

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In the search results on the next screen, you
will have to choose what to click on.

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Some of the results will be the actual book
and others will be literary criticism about the book,

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for example. In this case, let's click on
Scarlet Letter because that looks like

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the book we need. You see York owns six
editions of the book.

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There are a variety of ways you can get to the
call number, but a good habit to get into is to click

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on the book's title in the middle column. You
can then see more information about the book:

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summary, subject headings, publication
information. As we did before, click where it says "location

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and call number" to get to the screen that
tells you where the book is located.

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Following these steps will allow you to see
more information about a book before you go looking

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for it on the shelf. It will also make your
life a little easier when you search the CUNY-wide library

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catalog. What about e-books? Now let's go back
to the

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search results because I saw there were some
electronic resources that might be of interest.

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In our keyword search example, we saw the
words electronic resource and CUNY.

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However, when you search by title, you will
see electronic resource in a different spot,

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right alongside the title. Notice that one of
our options is the Scarlet Letter electronic

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resource. Let's click on that. You will see
that we have two e-book editions

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of the Scar let Letter. Click on the title of
the book that you want to see.

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Click on the book that you want to see. The
book that you want to see. And if you've signed into eBray

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after creating a free account. You can click
on download to download a PDF of a chapter

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or a section. Or download the entire book for
14 days in Adobe Digital Ed itions

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format. To read on your electronic device or
non-Kindle eReader.

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For more in-depth tutorials about eBooks, see
the library website.

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If you still need assistance, call the
reference desk at 7 18-262-2034.