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- UC Library Search This link opens in a new windowUC Library Search is the unified discovery and borrowing system for all 10 UC Campuses. Select the UCLA Library Catalog scope to search holdings of materials owned by the UCLA Library and other UCLA collections, whether online or in print. Does not contain full-text articles or article citations. Select the Articles, books and more scope to search for materials in all 10 UC campuses. More information in this guide.
- WorldCat (OCLC FirstSearch) This link opens in a new windowOCLC FirstSearch catalog includes citations for books, journals, manuscripts, maps, music scores, sound recordings, films, computer files, newspapers, slides, videotapes, archival material, etc., in libraries around the world.
Tips for Book Searching
When searching for books, here are a few strategies to start with:
- If you are not sure of where to start, do a KEYWORD search for relevant terms or phrases (put the phrases in "quotation marks".
- If you already have a relevant book or article in hand, use its bibliography to find other sources;
- Do a subject heading search in a catalog (see box to the right).
- Use quotation marks if you want to search a phrase.
- Use ? to truncate a word, e.g., american? will retrieve american and americans.
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