Objectives

   Searching

Searching

   Library Home Page

   Search Tools

   Library and the Web

   Web Evaluation

Search Strategies

   Choosing Terms

   Connecting Keywords

   Boolean Operators

   Combining Ideas

Library Search Tools

There is not a universal search engine to find information.  You need to know which search tool will best find the information you’re seeking: for example, if you’re looking for an article, you wouldn’t use the library catalog.  If you’re looking for a library book, you wouldn’t use the Web.  So how do you know which tool to use?

Here are some examples of the search tools used by CPCC Libraries:

	CLICK, the online library catalog, directs you to books, e-books, videos, journals, etc. in the library's collection.
	Library databases, which are listed on the library database homepage, point to articles published in magazines, journals, and newspapers. Many of the databases contain the entire text (or full text) of the article.  To start searching for articles, click here.
	Search engines are excellent tools for finding information like current news,  company annual reports, consumer health information, and so on. Google/unclesam searches government statistics, government and academic websites and government-sponsored research.

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