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CJS 331 Olivas: Finding Books and Ebooks

Find Books and Ebooks

Miami University Online Catalog

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

Click on the title of an item to find out more information about it and to get the citation. To find the citation, click on the icon that looks like a pair of quotation marks, then find the citation style required. You can highlight, copy, and paste that into your references page. Always be sure to double-check your copied citations, though. Sometimes formatting, such as italics and hanging indents, aren’t correct. Information is typically in the correct order, but it is recommended to double-check that as well.

limit searches in Primo by publication date or to electronic booksChange Date Range: by typing in specific dates in the "Publication Date" (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, under "Availability," check the box for "Available Online" and under Resource Type, select "Books."  Then click "Apply Filters."

Continue Searching in OhioLINK for unavailable titles by selecting "OhioLINK search" when putting your title or keywords in the search box. This allows you to request books from college and university libraries all over the
state of Ohio.

Search Tips

“And”, “Or”, “Not” (Boolean Operators): Use the words to narrow or expand your search results. For Example:

  • “automobiles” AND “accidents” will return results that contain BOTH of the terms.
  • “juvenile” OR “adolescent” OR “teenager” will return results that contain at least one of the terms. Useful for words with similar meanings.
  • “cinderella” NOT “rock band” will return results that do NOT include the 1980’s rock band, Cinderella.

Use an * at the end of a root word to find all variations of that word. For example, “child*” will search for “child,” “children,” “childhood,” and “children's.”

Brainstorm words or concepts that are similar in meaning and use those as search terms. If you find a good resource, look at the “Subject Headings” or “Descriptors” listed and use those as additional search terms.

Bibliographies/References/Works Cited pages are great ways to find additional resources. You can search the library’s Catalogs and/or Databases.

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