Search Tips

The Library Catalog is a complete list of the books, ebooks, DVDs, and other resources that comprise the library's home collection.  Additionally, the catalog includes records for each database or journal to which we subscribe.

Students, faculty, staff, and guests can find the Library Catalog on The Eugene McDermott Library's homepage.

simple searches using a title or keyword generally work best to find specific items.

The Advanced Search is available once you have started a search in the Library Catalog and provides a search of library holdings with more guidance in the form of dropdown menu options such as keywords, title, author/creator, (Library of Congress) subject, ISBN, ISSN and more.

Upon getting your initial list of results, use the Refine My Results filters on the left side of the screen to refine your results by Resource Type (books, journals, media, etc.), Availability ("Available in the Library" for physical items or "Available Online" for online access), Date (by year), Library Collections (government documents, Main Stacks books, ebooks and so on), and more. Use Refine My Results to narrow within your search results in order to produce a more manageable and relevant list of matches for your search terms.