Finding Books on a Reading List
The best way to find books on your reading list is a Catalogue title search.
Note Make sure you are entering the title of the book (in italics) and not the title of a chapter in the book
eg Rose, D. (2007) "A girl from a whole other race". In Women and race in contemporary US writing, ed. Kelly Lynch Reams. New York: Palgrave Macmillan
Look at the following information in the Catalogue record for the book
Location which collection is it in?
Bundoora General - level 3 books for loan
Reserve - level 2, 3 hour loan
Call no. or shelf no. for locating the book on the shelves.
810.9355 R288w
Status Is the book available or is it on loan?
place a hold if the book is on loan
Finding books on a topic / Keyword searching
To find a list of books on a particular topic for an essay
1. Determine your Keywords - 2 or 3 words to describe the topic eg Gothic literature
2. Enter your search into the Catalogue KEYWORD search
3. Evaluate and refine your results
Sort by date to see the most recent publications first
Add another search term eg you may just want American gothic literature
Subject searches
Subject headings can focus your search. They group books on the same topic together.
When you find a relevant book click on
The following is a list of subject headings for the book
Select the link to view the new list of titles
Catalogue
catalogue searching tips
No need to use capitals
Leave out punctuation
Use truncation * to find all forms of a word eg
- postcolonial*
-finds postcolonial and postcolonialism
- wom*n
-finds woman and women
Use brackets and the word or for synonyms eg
animal* (myth* or fables)
Use quotes for phrases eg "literary theory"
Use subject heading links to find more books on the same topic
eg Women and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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