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Searching for Books/eBooks and Plays in Find It!
When you search in Find It!, you're searching in the Library Catalog, Local Digital Collections (Special Collections' Digital Materials and Binghamton University-created materials), and a mega-index of scholarly e-resources including articles, book reviews, ebooks, and more. You can refine your search with the limiters on the left side of the search results page. These include such limiters as date ranges, location, subject headings, and languages.
To search for books in Find It!, follow these steps:
- On the Libraries’ website, click Advanced Search on the Find It! tab.
- For search scope, select Library Catalog.
- For material type, select Books.
- Enter your search terms.
- Click Search.
Locating books
- To see which floor the book is shelved on, check Collection Locations by Call Number
- Use your Binghamton ID to check out books at the Reader Services Desk
- Submit an ILL/Document Delivery request for books held at the Library CMF or SUNY Shared Collection, or books not owned by the Libraries
Where to Search for Books and eBooks
- Find It!The online catalog for almost everything available in the SUNY system libraries. To search only material held by Binghamton University Libraries, select the "Our Catalog" tab before entering your search.
- Finding and Using eBooksSpecifically looking for ebooks? This guide will explain how to identify and download ebooks from the Libraries.
- WorldCatWant to expand your book search further? WorldCat contains millions of records for books in libraries all around the world.
