When you know what you want (e.g. when you have a citation)
- Find books
- Request a book not at Illinois
- eBooks
- Find print materials
- Find a specific article
- Find a specific journal or database
- Find an article not at Illinois
- Course reserves
- Find media
- Conference Proceedings
- Dissertations
- Government information
- Reference resources
- Special collections
When you don't know what you want (e.g. when you are searching by subject)
- Find an article without a citation
- Find articles by subject
- How to use the Online Journals and Databases tool
- Linking to subject searches
Searching for materials using the online library catalog
- Create an account
- Performing a basic search
- Performing an advanced search
- Narrow your search
- How to request items
- How to renew items
- Overview of VuFind
- Frequently Asked Questions
Improve how you search
- Keyword vs. subject searching
- What Google Scholar can do for you
- Current awareness
- Find help
- Library workshops
- Archives
- Conference proceedings
- Digital collections for historical research
- Dissertations
- Finding and using images
- Government information
- Grants, fellowships, and scholarships
- Legal research
- Numeric and spatial data
- Primary sources
- Research by subject
- Statistical Information
- Illinois Library Newspaper Database
