Finding It! A Research Skills Tutorial

Chapter Four: Finding Books Using the Online Catalog

Now let's try some searches. Follow the instructions highlighted in green.

How would you find books written by Maya Angelou?
Step 1: Type in your search

Since you're looking for books by a certain author, this type of search is not the best choice. Try Again.

Hints:
Put the author's last name first.
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You can ignore capitalization and punctuation
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Enter your search in the box below:

Pressing "Enter" searches by the highlighted search button.

Step 2: Select the link to take you to the list of books you need.

Usually it's a good idea to click on the first option unless it's obviously not the one you want.
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Your Search for "Author: angelou maya" found the following results:
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• ANGELOU MAYA 31 Titles

• ANGELOU MAYA I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS 1 Title

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ANGUELOV ZLATKO 1946
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ANGELES VICTORIA DE LOS

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1. Mending the world : stories of family by contemporary black writers / edited by Rosemarie Robotham ; [preface by Maya Angelou ; foreword by Pearl Cleage]. New York, NY : BasicCivitas Books, c2003.

Call Number	Location	Material	Status
PN56.F3 M46 2003 c.1	Jackson Library -- Stacks	Book	Available

2. Angelou, Maya. A song flung up to heaven [sound recording] / by Maya Angelou. Unabridged. New York : Random House ; $a Prince Frederick, Md. : Distributed by Landmark Audiobooks, p2002.

Call Number	Location	Material	Status
AUDIO CD ANG 2002 c.1	Jackson Library -- Lobby	Current Literature	Available