GER 231 (Pearman): Finding Books

Miami University Online Catalog

Search By: Keyword
Limit By: General Topic and Where The Item is Located
Look For: Call Number, Location, and Availability
Request Item from other MU Libraries

Click on the title of an item to find out more information about that item and to get the citation for that item. To find the citation, click on the icon that looks like a yellow piece of paper and says "Cite" when you hover over it. In the box that opens, scroll to find the citation in the style you need, and you can highlight, copy, and paste that into your references page. Always be sure to double-check your copied citations, though. Often, formatting such as italics and hanging indents, are not pasted over correctly. You will need to do some manual reformatting to ensure that you receive full credit for this portion of your assignment. 

Change Date Range: by sliding the rule under "Publication Date" or by typing in specific years in the boxes. (red box in screenshot) Your results list will then only include items that were published within your specified date range.

Get Only Ebooks: In the left-hand column, click on the arrow next to "Material Type" and then check the box next to "Electronic Resources". (red arrow in screenshot)

Continue Searching in OhioLINK for unavailable titles. OhioLINK allows you to request books from college and university libraries all over the state of Ohio.

Helpful Tip for Searching:

When conducting a topic search for juvenile books, it's important to indicate in the search bar that you want to limit your search results to the juvenile collection. This can be done by adding "+ juvenile literature" at the end of your search term.

For example, if you want to search for children's books about indigenous peoples your keyword search would look like:

"indigenous peoples + juvenile literature"

When conducting an author search, it's important to input the author's name in the search bar in the correct order. When searching by author, it's always LAST NAME, FIRST NAME MI.

For example, if you wanted to see if we had any books by Claribel A. Ortega your keyword search would like:

"Ortega, Claribel A."

Many fairy tales have been turned into children's books and may be a resource you want to explore. For more information and resources on Children's and Young Adult Literature, please check out the Juvenile Literature Research Guide made by librarian Abi Morgan. 

Where can I find e-books?  Along with other books at the MU libraries in our online catalog. E-books are distinguished from print with the label "electronic resource" in brackets after the title.
Ex: Contagion and chaos [electronic resource] : disease, ecology and national security...
How do I read an e-book?  After the title and info about the book, click the blue "Connect to electronic book" link. If you are off-campus, enter your Miami Unique ID and Password first.
Can I download or print an e-book? Sometimes. Each publisher has different rules for how students can use their e-books. If you are permitted to print or download (often limited to a specified number of chapters or pages) it will be noted when you open the e-book.