F.I.R.S.T. Tutorial

Chapter Four: Finding Books Using the Library Catalog
In this chapter: Knowing the library catalog; using the correct type of search; locating books and other materials in Ryan, Arrigoni, and Rockland Libraries

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Search options

When you are in the catalog, the opening screen looks like this:

There are other search options available, but we will concentrate on these three: keyword, author and title. The type of search you choose depends on what you need to find and what you already know about the materials you're looking for. First, let's try finding books by a particular author.