Research Guides: Library Guide for Education Graduate Students: Find Books

Purdue Libraries Catalog

The Purdue Library Catalog is the main search tool for finding and browsing books held by Purdue University Libraries.

To search books available on all Purdue campuses (see PurdueBorrow LibGuide), use the Advanced Search interface and select "PurdueBorrow and Everything" (this is also the default setting).

Tool Features

Limiters to refine your search results
Enables subject searching for books
Provides location of print resources
Request books for delivery or pickup
Gain access to e-books

To learn how to request books using the Purdue Library Catalog, see the video tutorial, "How to Request Materials Online".

WorldCat

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Can be used to find books held by libraries other than Purdue University Libraries. OCLC WorldCat database is the OCLC online catalog. It contains over 43 million records describing library holdings.

Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

Interlibrary Loan enables current Purdue West Lafayette students, faculty, and staff to obtain research materials not owned by Purdue Libraries. This includes books, as well as other materials like articles, book chapters, DVDs, microfilm, sheet music, etc.