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Prof. Shapiro Fall 2013

BobCat

Use Books & More search form on The New School Libraries & Archives website to find Books:
•For Background Information  or In-Depth Analysis
•To obtain Bibliographies (list of articles and other books) you can follow up on.

►Log In (upper right hand corner) in order to be able to read New School e-books online

 

 Fill in Search Form with your Keywords
►Select: That Contain My Query Words         Anywhere in the Record
►Limit to: Book  

 

Example
Security and Civil Liberties and History

Work interactively with the results:
Check under Refine My Results to pick a Publication Date range, Subject area

 

►Combine Subject words with your own Keywords in an Advanced Search:                      

 

Advanced Search:

Books on Basics

Beyond BobCat

•To see what books are available beyond the BobCat consortium, check WorldCat

•New School librarians can issue you a one-time courtesy card to visit Columbia University, or other NYC university and college libraries for items available only there

•To Request a Book that is not available in NYC Fill out the Interlibrary Loan (ILL) form

•Check the New York Public Library's Catalog for their vast holdings - including over 8 million research-level items. Using NYPL is free to all.