Find books and other materials in the Manderino Library collection.
Renew Books online! For help, see our instructions for Renewing Library Materials Online.
Using the Library's Item Retrieval Request Service – Ask the library to find your books for you!
Get help using the Library of Congress Classification System
Retrieve a list of: Electronic Theses or Print Theses written by Cal U students.
RSS Feeds – Keep Up on New Books in the Library using  RSS feeds!
Find Books in Other Libraries:
E-Z Borrow allows you to search more than 70 libraries (searched as three separate groups) totaling millions of volumes. Cal U. students, faculty, and staff with valid CalCards may use this system to directly request books--but not articles. Find more information about E-Z Borrow at the PALCI Web site.
Use this form to request books, theses, and government documents from other libraries.
When you are in PILOT you can access UBorrow. This allows you to search for and request books from the other KLN schools. For more help, see the UBorrow Help Page.
WorldCat allows you to search thousands of library collections! When viewing results, you can enter your location and directly link to the item's record in local library catalogs.
Other Resources for Finding Books:
Amazon provides a fairly complete listing of books in-print. Frequently includes helpful reviews by professionals and customers. Their business is selling books, so don't expect them to tell you if we have the book in our library!
Choice Reviews Online provides Web access to the entire database of CHOICE book reviews published since September 1988. Any Cal U patron can now register for an account on CRO and sign up for personalized services (Saved Search Strategies, My Lists, My Monthly Reviews, and My Profile). Click on the "Register" link on the right.
Electronic Books and Texts
Use these collections for direct access to recent, public domain, and classic books and texts.
Search the full-text of books from publishers who provide them to Google, and digitized books from Google's Library Project. Full-text of pre-1923 (public domain) books. Newer books provide either a short portion of the text around your term, or a limited number of sample pages. About Google Book Search. Note: This is just books. To search more broadly, use Google Scholar.
An important tool for developing reference collections, as well as identifying potential reference works to answer users’ questions.
Note: If you set up your own user profile you can create your own lists, notes, etc. Click on the "Create a Profile" link, in the upper right-hand corner.
Looking for fiction? Novelist can help you locate books by topic, author, style, etc. Also provides Feature Articles, Book Discussion Guides, and BookTalks. (EBSCO)
This is an elementary school version of NoveList. It provides a guide to fiction literature for children in grades K-8. (EBSCO)
Other Libraries:
Most libraries allow you to search their catalogs to see what they have in their collections. If you find something you need in another library, use E-Z Borrow, UBorrow, or our Interlibrary Loan Book Form to get it.
Pennsylvania Libraries
U.S. Libraries
World Libraries
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