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If you already know the titles or authors of specific books, you may look them up in library catalogs by either title or author. 

If you are looking in the library catalog for books on a particular topic, you may search by keyword and in others ways. A keyword is any specific, significant word; it might appear in the title of the book or the subject heading assigned to it. For example, you might find books by entering a keyword that you assume will show up in a book title, such as globalization or wetlands or burnout.  (General, non-specific words such as history or universal or research won't be so helpful.)

If you know about certain books that would be useful but cannot find them in nearby libraries, as an ODU student or faculty member you may request that the Old Dominion University Library's Interlibrary Loan Services Office locate and obtain them for you (use ILL forms).

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Old Dominion University Library
WorldCat
Libraries in the United States and Abroad

Electronic Books & Other Texts:
Old Dominion University Library - Enter keyword; limit by "material type" to EBOOKS
Electronic Text Center of the University of Virginia