Library Guides: Second Year Architecture: Finding Books

Search Tips for Books

Keyword is the easiest and most flexible way to search the library catalog. It searches words in all fields of the catalog record: title, author, publisher, notes, etc.

Word searching combines words using connectors such as AND , OR , and AND NOT. Use the * as a wild card.

Search:

Keyword frank lloyd wright AND fallingwater

When you retrieve your results make sure to note the location, call number, and status.

Finding Books at ND

There are four options for finding books at Notre Dame.

Catalog Classic is the standard and easiest to use option for searching books and journal titles (not individual articles) at ND. It is the best place to search if you know a specific title or item that you are looking for. You can use the search box below:

Hesburgh Libraries Online Catalog (ND Catalog)
ND Catalog lets you search the holdings of the Hesburgh Libraries, Kresge Law, and Holy Cross libraries' catalogs separately or together. It includes content from the University Archives, the Center for Research Libraries, and working papers from the Institute for Latino Studies.
OneSearch
Hesburgh Libraries search facility which searches multiple databases including the catalog and many indexing, abstracting and full-text databases.

WorldCat This link opens in a new window
A worldwide union catalog created and maintained collectively by more than 9,000 OCLC member institutions. With millions of online records built from the bibliographic and ownership information of contributing libraries, it is the largest and most comprehensive database of its kind.