How do I find books?

uSearch, the default search on the UM Libraries website, allows you to search for materials at all UM libraries at once.

If you're not sure of the exact title, just type a few words from the title in the search box.

For more precise searching, click on uSearch Advanced under the orange search button. You can do a Title search if you know the exact name of the book by switching the dropdown from Any Field to Title.

If you want books by a particular person, switch the dropdown to Author and type in the last name first. If you want to see books that other people have written about an author, such as William Shakespeare, then you would put Shakespeare in as a Subject.

Subject searches can be tricky because the Libraries use a strict, formal set of subject terms. If your Subject search does not find the material that you want, try Any Field.