Enter a book title, author name, or subject keywords into the search box and press “Enter” on your keyboard.
From the results page, you can select a book title to see its full record, which provides more information about the book, as well as where to find the book.
Advanced Search
If you want to have more control over search results, you can use “Advanced Search.”
On the UW-Madison Libraries’ homepage, the “Advanced Search” option is in the left-hand corner under the Catalog search box.
The options on the “Advanced Catalog Search” page allow you to search by:
Subject
Call number
Publication Year
And more…
On the right side of the page, there are options to limit your search.There is a “Format” list under “Limit your search.” You can use this list to limit your search results to materials of different formats. .
Above the “Format” option, there is a list of “Locations,” including specific UW-Madison Libraries and libraries of other UW campuses. To limit your search to materials located at a specific library or libraries, select “Locations,” then select a UW campus, and next select a library or libraries.
Under the “Format” option there is “Language” limit option. To limit your search to materials in a specific language or languages, select “Language” and then a language or languages from the list.