Strategy One: Start with Known Items

Start your research by consulting materials on a topic that your have used in class or that have been recommended to you by your professor.

• Review the footnotes and bibliography for additional books to consult.
• Look the book up in CATQuest (the UVM Library Catalog) and see what other books share the same "subject."

Strategy Two: Browsing

When you are looking for books on the shelves of the Howe Library, look at the books near the book you went to look for. Books on similar topics are shelved together and you will often find excellent materials by browsing the shelves in this way.

Strategy Three: Cast a Wide Net

Cast a wide net. Use a variety of databases as you look for resources look beyond UVM by using Interlibrary Loan.

Before you start searching REGISTER FOR AN INTERLIBRARY LOAN ACCCOUNT. 

This service will enable you to quickly place requests for materials that UVM does not own (articles and books) at no cost.