Searching for Materials
Search U-M's catalog using U-M Library Search. The search tool can locate online journals, books, audio, subject specialists at U-M, search across the library website, and more.
Use the "Catalog" tab to search physical and electronic materials held within the U-M Library. The catalog holds material such as books, archival material, audio, video, online journals, and musical scores.
Likewise, use the "Database" tab to find open-access or U-M subscription-based databases. The "Online Journals" tab also locates open-access or U-M subscription-based journals, as well as newspapers, trade publications, magazines, and others.
When searching, joining keywords and phrases by AND, OR, or NOT can narrow your results. Placing phrases in quotations searches for items with that exact phrase rather than for each individual word within the phrase.
For example:
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brazil AND dance AND "20th century" ** |
items with all three terms in them |
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brazil AND dance NOT "20th century" |
items with "brazil" and "dance" in them, without "20th century" |
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brazil OR dance |
items with "brazil," with "dance," and with "brazil" and "dance" |
** Use "AND" for three or more keywords/phrases
The column on the left side of the page can further filter your search results by language, format, location, date, subject, academic discipline, and more.
