| Library Catalogue |
Search the library's holdings for books, e-books and other electronic resources, images, journals and other periodicals, plus more:
Additional search options: Advanced keyword search | Author/Title search
Video guides to using the library catalogue
Library website pointers...
May: For past exam papers from a range of departments check out the Hydra institutional repository in the run up to the exam period. The Library Service Desk has details of how departments provide these if not held in the repository. April: Keep an eye on our Twitter feed for pointers to Library news and resources of interest. Perfect for revision, curiousity and quizzes! You can follow us at #HullUni_Library if you have your own Twitter account. March: Want to keep up to date? Take advantage of RSS feeds from various sources. Look out for the  logo on websites or information on news feeds. See our page on RSS feeds for more information.
February: A good way of managing all the references you need for a dissertation/project report is through the use of RefWorks (available via the web) or EndNote (available through ICTD) January: Need a copy of something in the Library for exam revision? Check out our photocopying facilities (noting copyright regulations on what you can copy - see November) Christmas: For all those accessing our services from afar, there is guidance on how to get the most from the Library and its resources. Happy New Year! December: If you identify an item you need in the catalogue and need to request it from another site (Hull or Scarborough), you can make a request using the online inter-site request forms. Please make sure there is no copy available locally before making your request November: The Library provides guidance on copyright in the making of copies of library resources for learning, teaching and research |
| Search Tips | |
| Adjacency | Multiple words are searched together as one phrase. Example : world health organization |
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| Wildcards |
Words may be right-hand truncated using an asterisk. '*' for 1-5 characters, '**' for open-ended truncation, '?' to replace a single character anywhere within a word. Examples : environment* polic*, comput**, wom?n |
| Boolean Operators |
Use "and" or "or" to specify multiple words in any field, any order. Use "and not" to exclude words. Example : stocks and bonds Example : (alaska or canada) and (adventure and not vacation) |
| Proximity Operators |
Use "near" to specify words close to each other, in any order. Example : california near university |
| Field limits | A field limit causes the system to search only the specified field for the specified word(s). |
| Grouping | Keyword search results are usually grouped by relevance to bring the most likely titles to the top of the list. Each group represents a similar level of relevance and results are sorted within the group by date or title. To get an ungrouped result set, use boolean operators to form a complex query. |
