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2: Searching the Catalog for E-books

You can search the OSU Library Catalog for e-books. After entering your search terms, you will need to limit your search to e-books by choosing E-books from the dropdown menu to the right of the search box:

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Limiting your search to e-books will work for keyword, title, author, and subjects searches.

Once you have your search results, you can click on titles. To access the e-book's content, look for a link like this on the page you get after clicking on the title in the results page:

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Remember - if you are off-campus, you may need to click on the off-campus sign-in button mentioned on the first page of this tutorial.

Some things to know:

Activity

Search the OSU Library Catalog to for books with information on molybdenum oxide. Try this search with and without quotation marks around the term. Notice the difference between the number of search results.

Remember: Limit your search to E-books!

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Pop Quiz

Which of the following is NOT included in a catalog search for e-books?  

Correct answer: [NOTE: Score is not recorded]

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