Tips for Using Library Search

U-M Library Search is a search interface that allows you to search across several information categories curated by the Library. You use this interface to find items that the Library owns or subscribes to, such as:

• books
• journals and magazines
• articles
• dissertations
• audio and video recordings
• indexing databases
• archival material
• data sets, and
• Library web pages

Many of the Library's online resources are discoverable and accessible through Library Search.

(Image of Library Search, https://search.lib.umich.edu/everything)

The starting point is the Everything search, which allows you to input search terms in a single search box and to display a small number of results from:

• Library Catalog Search -- to find all items owned by many campus libraries, including U-M Flint library (an inventory of our collections)
• Library Articles Search -- Library's article search engine, spanning many different disciplines; to find links to full text citations
• Library Databases Search -- great for finding accessible links for known database names, e.g. PubMed or JSTOR
• Library Online Journals Search -- to find links to online journal subscriptions
• Library Guides & More Search -- to find web pages about libraries, policies, request forms, research help guides, etc.

You can switch categories of information for specific results by clicking the category name below the main search box either before you start your search or by clicking on a specific category box once results display. Note: Library Search works best with current versions of Safari, Chrome, Firefox, and Edge browsers.