How to Use WorldCat   Tags: books, research  

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COM Library WorldCat has COM Library items such as books, eBooks and media.

• Get APA, Chicago, Harvard, MLA and Turabian style citations. Here's how.
• Narrow your search by format.
• Refine your search by:
  • Author
  • Year
  • Language
  • Content
  • Audience
  • Topic
• Sort your search by:
  
  • Library and Relevance (the default)
  • Relevance Only
  • Author
  • Title
  • Date (Newest First)
  • Date (Oldest First)
• Get permalinks to library items and searches.
• Use multiple languages.
• Find items in other libraries.
• Preview the books
• Share on social networks

Access WorldCat on or off campus to search for items in COM Library. Find thousands of books, eBooks and lots of Media items that were purchased specifically to support your classes at College of the Mainland. WorldCat will even provide APA and MLA style citations. 

Boolean operators and other commands allow you to group, include, or exclude certain terms in your search or make your search more specific. You can use these operators to make your search more efficient and save yourself some time:

More often than not you will not need to use Advanced search, but it's available when you need it. Look for Advanced Search next to the Search button. A good time to use Advanced Search is when you want to restrict your search more than once, such as both a specific author and a specific subject.

Restrictions in Advanced Search you can restrict your search by many option. These are just the most popular. Use the pull down menu by the search field to see each option:

• keyword(same as regular search)
• title
• author
• subject

Limits in Advanced Search you can limit your search to:

• library
• year
• audience
• content
• format
• language

Real questions from COM students answered by COM Librarians. Click on the question to see the answers or view website to see all questions and answers.

Want to ask your own? Go to asklibrary.com.edu (make sure pop-up blockers are off to see answers).

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