Library Guides: Apparel, Events, and Hospitality Management (AESHM) Research Guide: Finding Books

Quick Search records include a brief description and location information for books, journals, and other items owned by the Library. You will also find records for individual articles. We recommend you choose an article index to search for journal articles, rather than using Quick Search.

Search Tips

You may use Boolean operators AND, OR or NOT to link or exclude concepts. Note: AND, OR and NOT must be capitalized!
If you are searching for books, use Tweak my results on the right of your search results page and choose Books under Format Type. Alternatively, use Quick Search's Advanced Search and choose Books under the Material Type drop-down menu. (Remember you will need to get the call number of your book to find it in the Library.)
To find ebooks, follow tip 2 above and then use Tweak my results to select Full Text Online under Availability. Use your ebook's Online access link to open and read the book!

Finding books outside of Iowa State

WorldCat
WorldCat connects you to the collections and services of more than 10,000 libraries worldwide
Interlibrary Loan Request Form (ILLiad)
Need a book that ISU does not own? File an interlibrary loan request and have the book delivered to Parks Library--or to you directly if you are a distance student. The first time you log into interlibrary loan, you will need to fill out basic contact information.

JSTOR: Open Content
This is a subset of the full JSTOR collection, limited to content found in the JSTOR Open Collection, all free to use. The ever-expanding JSTOR: Open Content offerings include full-text e-journals, journal articles, images, eBooks, book chapters, research reports, and curated resources from partner institutions’ digital repositories and collections.

TRAC - Search "Partner Libraries" Through Quick Search
If a book is not available in our collections, use the drop down menu on the right side of the search box by changing it from the default ISU Libraries to Partner Libraries. This allows you to search seven other academic library catalogs in Iowa. You can request the item using the same interface.