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SOCY 122: Introduction to Academic Library Research

Course guide library research tutorial

books at stauffer library

Finding Books

In this section, we will cover:

  • an overview of Omni, Queen's library's academic search tool
  • using Omni to find books by title, author and topic words (ie keywords)
  • understanding the different parts of a book's bibliographic record and the importance of subject terms (subject headings and descriptors) as an aid in your search for information, how to read a call number and how to locate books in the library