ENGL 121 - College Composition - Course Guide - Hamilton: Books & Media

Books provide in-depth information on broad subject areas. Researchers use them when they need:

• Historical context or comprehensive background information for their subject area
• Synthesis and analysis of events and information

Note: Often a chapter or two, rather than the entire book, are all that you may need.

Basic Search

• Use the basic search when you're exploring a topic, or when you're searching for a specific book but are unsure of the exact title or author.
• The catalog searches the title, author, subjects, keywords, etc. from each item description - for the words you typed.

Advanced Search

• Use the advanced search feature when you know the specific title and author or are combining multiple concepts.
• Use the drop down menus to choose which field you want to search.
• Each search term must appear in the catalog record where/how you specified for the items to be included in the results list.

Searching for Ebooks

• Find the Library's full-text ebooks that include all of the terms that you type.
• The catalog searches the title, author, subjects, keywords, etc. from each item description - for the words you typed.

Accessing an Ebook

• Click on the tiny link, URL, at the end of the ebook description in your search results to get to the actual ebook.
• Off-campus users will be prompted to login with their HCC login credentials to view the actual ebook.