Library

 Finding Books...

 To look for books owned by the Mississippi Gulf Coast Campus Libraries, search the online card catalog. Click on the iBistro link of the library's home page. Select the appropriate library to serach (JC, JD, Perk) from the drop down box on the right side of your screen. To search holdings on all campuses use the default selection All. Type your search term in the Search For box and click enter for a general information search. Click on Full Details to the left to find out more information about a book. Newer titles often have a picture of the front cover, author bios, Tables of Contents, reviews, and summaries.

The catalog will indicate the location of the book. Locations include STACKS, REFERENCE, RESERVE, MCNAUGHTON, MEDIA-CENTER, ON-ORDER, and CHECKEDOUT. STACKS and MCNAUGHTON indicate books that are currently available for circulation; REFERENCE and RESERVE materials are to be used in the library. Ask for reserve materials at the circulation desk.

Questions Ask a librarian.

Look for a book by:

Everything (Words or phrase)	This is an excellent choice to begin with. This is a "keyword search" that retrieves books which contain the words or phrase in either the title or subject headings.
Title	Search for a book by title when you know the title of the book you are looking for.
Author	Search for a book by author if you know the person who has written the book. Enter the last name first.
Subject	This "keyword search" retrieves books which contain the subject in the subject heading field. Search for a book by subject if your search results have been too large when you have searched by words or phrase.
Call Number	Click on Switch to Power Search and select the "call number" option.