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Questions? Interlibrary Loan Guide
From keywords to subjects
Try a keyword search. Once you find a book that is relevant to your topic, use the subject headings of that book to help you find "more like this". Here are some useful subject headings for this course:
Rap (Music) -- History and criticism
African American youth -- Social conditions
Combining terms in a search
Use AND to combine terms in your search: hip hop AND politics
Use OR to expand results: hispanic OR mexican
Use * to find variant endings, or as a wild card: wom*n latin*
Use " " to search words as a phrase: "hip hop"
Searching for music
When searching for music, try a keyword search for performer and title. You can also search by song title alone.
Books on music
Keyword and subject heading searches for books on music:
Quick Guide to Clapp Library Locations
| Call # / Location | |
| Books & Videos A-DZ Knapp Multimedia Ctr Computer Classroom |
First Floor |
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Computing Help Desk |
Second Floor |
| Books & Videos E-PM PLTC |
Third Floor |
| Books & Videos PN-Z Archives Special Collections Book Arts Lab |
Fourth Floor |
How to find items by call number
