Searching for books
- Library search bar demo (3 min video)Brief lesson on how to use the main search bar on the library webpage
Need to FIND A BOOK @ Chester Fritz Library?
- Go to the Library's Web Site and start typing a topic or title of a specific book in the Library Search box
- Select "Books+" from the drop-down options
- To limit your search results to EBOOKS, under "Availability," select "Available online"
- You can use the Advanced Search to limit by material type "Books" and search by "Subject"
Need to FIND A BOOK *NOT* @ Chester Fritz Library?
- Use WorldCat - Available from QuickLinks. You can search books from anywhere in the country and request Chester Fritz Library borrow that book for you. If it turns out that the book is available from our library, you'll see
. You can have our library borrow a book from another library (called an InterLibrary Loan) by registering and requesting the book here.
- eBooks
A helpful research guide on how to find and use eBooks from the Chester Fritz Library
- Finding Resources
Chester Fritz Library Research How Tos page on finding and using resources including the library search, books, articles and more.
Chester Fritz Library uses the Library of Congress Classification System (LC), an alpha-numeric system, to organize our materials including reference books, DVDs, and popular reading.
General subject areas are shown in the first letter (for example: L = education) and the subsequent letters and numbers narrow the subject area and author to a single book.
The entire LC system is available at the Library of Congress.
| L | Education (General) | ||||
| LA | History of education | ||||
| LB | Theory and practice of education | ||||
| LC | Special aspects of education | ||||
| LD | Individual institutions - United States | ||||
| LE |
Individual institutions - America (except United States) |
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| LF | Individual institutions - Europe | ||||
| LG |
Individual institutions - Asia, Africa, Indian Ocean islands, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific islands |
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| LH | College and school magazines and papers | ||||
| LJ | Student fraternities and societies, United States | ||||
| LT | Textbooks |