Final Quiz: Find and Locate Books and Media

Due No due date
Points 3
Questions 3
Time Limit None
Allowed Attempts Unlimited

Instructions

Please take this short quiz to test your understanding of finding and accessing books using the library catalog. This is the second of two quizzes in this module. After completing this quiz, you will learn about borrowing books and then you will have reached the end of the module.

To refresh your memory about using the catalog, you can review the previous pages or watch the library catalog video again:

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This video will demonstrate how to find materials in our catalog using the University of Michigan Library Search. You can use the catalog to find books, journals, newspapers, DVDs, music and musical scores, as well as electronic books and journals. To search the catalog, go to the library's homepage at lib.umich.edu.

Type your topic into the search box and click search to see the results you'll be provided with results from the catalog articles, databases, and more. You should look at the results inside the catalog column to see everything that is available in the catalog. If you scroll down to the bottom of this catalog column, you'll see the option to view all catalog results. On this page, you'll see more results and now have options to refine them. You can narrow by subject by format, or by several other options such as by date of publication.

To view a record, click on the title of the item. Let's open the record for this book called Education for Upward Mobility. The record will give you basic information like title, author, publisher and publication date.

Click Show Complete Record to view more details about the item. The Subject section will show you all the subjects that are associated with this book. You can click any of the subject links to find more related items. Towards the bottom of the record, you can see which U-M libraries have this book and whether it's on the shelf, checked out, missing, or on order. You'll see the call number which you'll need in order to find the book on the shelf.

You will also see a link titled Get This. Clicking this link will allow you to log in and view the different ways to request this item. To perform another search at any time, just scroll up to the top of the page for more options to narrow and refine your search use Advanced Search. Library Search can also be used to manage your library account. Just click on My Account at the top of the page log in and you'll be able to view any items that you have checked out.

If you need help with Library Search you can always Ask a Librarian for further assistance.

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