ENG 100: Beardsley: Finding Books

How to Search for Books @ WIU

WestCat Basic Search

Allows you to search the books and videos at the Malpass Library plus the Music Library, Curriculum Library, Quad Cities Library, and the collections in the Multicultural Center.

The Basic Search screen has three very useful search options:

  • Source type:  Specify a specific type of source such as book, video, dissertation, or map.
  • Search word treatment: Tell WestCat whether you want to...
    • simply find all the listed words in no particular order
    • find them as a phrase, or
    • search for them where they would appear alphabetically
  • Search type: Specify whether you want to find your words as part of the title, subject heading, author, or elsewhere.

 


Other search options such as ISBN are available under the Advanced search link to the right.

Don't find what you need at WIU? Change the search scope from WestCat to the I-Share Catalog tab to search our state system of 90+ libraries.
 

Where are the Books?



Where do I go once I have
the book's call number?

Main Library
Call Number Location
A-DA 4th Level
DB-GN
GR-HJ
HM-LB
LC-PQ
5th Level
PR-PS
PT-QK
QL-Z
6th Level