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Library Resources for YYGS PLE: Find Books

Quicksearch: Yale Library's Catalog

Quicksearch is where you will find the Yale Library catalog, which includes e-books. The boxes below describe how to find e-books in Quicksearch.

Search Techniques to Find Books

Search by format to limit to e-books
Search by keyword, phrase (like this: "political science"), author, and book title.
Your best bet when searching for books in Quicksearch will be to use keywords and phrases. See the page "Search Techniques" for advice on building a search.
Linked subjects in the catalog are like #hashtags

Catalog records for books include linked subjects, which work similar to #hashtags: when you click on a linked subject, you will return results from the catalog of more books on that same subject.

Pro-tip: If you have found only ONE book, or if you have a book from your syllabus, look for a linked subject to identify other books from Yale Library on that same topic. You might find something better!

Try this linked subject: Comic books strips etc > History and criticism

Find Books Using Quicksearch