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General Research

The Basics

The homepage of the library defaults to catalog searching. However, you may want to click on "Advanced Search" in order to have more control over search criteria in BobCat. 

Books Beyond Our Libraries and Consortium

WorldCat is a free resource online that allows you to find books and other items in local area libraries. (If you find something in a local library that you would like to use in that library, chances are they are part of an agreement we have entered, and a librarian here will be able to give you a pass for a day to use that material. 

E-Z Borrow is another way to get a book shipped here from a library in the region. You log in, search for the item, and then get an e-mail when it's arrived. This is an option only if the item is unavailable in the consortium.

Electronic Books

Electronic books will appear in your catalog searches in BobCat; they are included in search results. However, you may want to go directly to any one of our several e-book databases

*Note: Some of the e-books we own WILL NOT appear in catalog searches; that is one very good reason to familiarize yourself with what e-book databases we have.

**Note: You can access these databases off-campus by first logging into my.newschool.edu and then clicking on the ACCESS CAMPUS LIBRARY SERVICES link.