WestCat is what you use if you want to find books owned by WIU Libraries. Depending on the search strategy and search terms, you may also be able to find a chapter within a book even if we don't have a whole book on the topic. Here's an example search. I simply typed vaccines autism and hit enter:
One of the books that appears in the list of results has a great chapter on vaccines and autism:
Details section of the book record, showing table of contents:
This is an online book, so you can read and download just this one chapter or the whole thing.
1. After you decide on the search term(s) type it in the blank. The dropdown filters along and below the search blank lets you organize your search more effectively.
2. You can narrow your search by focusing the search scope on particular library collection or group of items, like the items in the Curriculum library collection, the library map holding, or all the information available in I-Share.
3.You can filter results by the type of item. You can search for all item types at once, or search individually for books, journals, audio, or other resources.
4.You can adjust how the search looks for the terms. You can see if the term (or terms) is contained anywhere in the item information, whether the in information starts with a term, or whether two or more terms show up together as a phrase.
5. You can also tell the search where to look in the item information, in the title, for the author name, by the subject, or anywhere at all!
