ENGL 105, Academic Writing (Ceilidh Hart)

Use books when you need general introductory information or an overview. Remember that books take a long time to be published so often their information is out of date. If you are looking for current up-to-date research you need to look for peer-reviewed journal articles.

Some useful strategies for successfully finding books in the UFV library:

1. Start with a simple search of one or two keywords; once you find a book that looks relevant:
   • click on the Title;
   • look on the Catalog Record tab to see the subject terms used to describe the book - these can be used to search for more books and other materials on the same topic (try searching for these terms as a subject).

   

2. Look for call numbers in your search results that repeat - these can lead you to good areas to browse for books (you might find hidden gems by examining the tables of contents or index).

Some of these searches may be helpful to get you started:

Use different combinations of these terms and make sure to examine filter options in the left of the results pages.