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Hints for Finding Books
Try authorlastname criticism as your keywords. The Library of Congress Subject Heading is lastname, firstname -- criticism and interpretation.
Example: feminist poetry? (poems OR poetry) AND (women OR feminis*)
We have several ebook interfaces. Some require Adobe Digital Editions to download and "check out" the ebook. (You'll be prompted to get the software or app.) Others offer PDFs of individual chapters or the entire ebook.
How to Request Materials
Sign into EWU Library Catalog, and in the full record for the item, click Request EWU Item (1-2 days) or for consortium items Place Summit request (4-8 days).
Live in Spokane County?
Choose the Pickup location, either Cheney for the JFK Library or Spokane for the Spokane Academic Library.
When the item(s) is ready to pick up, you will receive an email from the library, with directions on scheduling an appointment to pick the item(s) up.
Live Outside of Spokane County?
We will mail requested materials, up to 4 items per person per quarter.
Items will be mailed via USPS Media Mail, with return postage.
For an EWU-held item, choose Home Address in the Pickup Location. See screenshot below.
For Summit materials, leave the Pickup/Delivery Location as EWU-Cheney, and indicate that you need the item mailed in the Comments box. See screenshot below.
What’s in the catalog?
How do I search the catalog? | How do I locate an item? | I can't find the specific book or video I want.
Know the title or author?
If you know the exact title of the item, type in the title "in quotes" and the last name of the author (if known).
Or
Click Browse in the top bar and type in the title and/or author. (Note: The Browse function only works for EWU holdings of books or videos, not for titles held by other libraries.)
Find Books on an Author, Work, Theory, or Motif
Type in your keywords. For one or more terms, type the keywords as you would in Google, no AND necessary, e.g. poe gothic.
I would suggest using the Advanced Search if you have a fairly complex search. See below.
Refining Your Search
Because the EWU Library Catalog has records for all types of resources, you will very likely need to limit your search results. Note all the limiters on the left side, as well as some quick limiters at the top.
Useful limiters:
Mark Your Records
See the push pin icon on the far right (labeled "Keep this item" if you hover over it)?
Click it and it will change the push pin icon and highlight the brief record yellow. You have marked a record temporarily. Click the push pin icon in the top right corner to view your marked records.
The last line of the brief record describes where the item is located.
If the wording is green, that means it is readily available, either online or physically on our shelves at the JFK Library in Cheney or Spokane Academic Library.
If the wording is yellow, that means you'll have to request it. Click Check request options - held by Summit libraries. You must be logged in to request the item -- you'll be prompted to if you aren't already.
Once you are logged in, click the link Place Summit request (4-8 days). The form will ask you:
Click REQUEST. You will be notified via your EWU email address when the item is ready to be picked up.
If the wording is gray, that means either:
I can't find the specific book or video I want.
While the EWU Library Catalog has millions of records, it only will search through the holdings of the 39 Summit libraries. If you can't find a specific book, video, CD, etc., then go to the EWU WorldCat Catalog and re-do your search. WorldCat has records from thousands of libraries worldwide. You may request the item via Interlibrary Loan.
Having issues with Adobe Digital Editions? Here's my advice.
Step 1. Create an Adobe ID, if you don't already have one.
Go to https://account.adobe.com/.
Technically you don't need one for the laptop Adobe Digital Editions, but you do for the mobile ones. And if you want the ebooks synced across devices, you need one.
Step 2. Download Adobe Digital Editions for laptops and/or mobile devices.
Go to https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions/download.html.
Be sure to sign in with your Adobe ID!
Step 3. Go to ProQuest Ebook Central to locate relevant titles. Click the Download Book button.
You might luck out and the book is a simple PDF file. But most aren't.
On a laptop, skip through the first 2 messages about what device and needing Adobe Digital Editions. On the 3rd screen, click the blue Download button, and that should download a file with .acsm extension. Click on the file once fully downloaded, and it should open up Adobe Digital Editions, or just tell it to open that file with Adobe Digital Editions.
Was a couple more steps on the iPhone. Again, skip through the first 2 messages. Click the Download button, then click Download Linked File. In the Safari browser, the file can be found by clicking on the down arrow in a circle in the upper right corner. Then it shows you an .acsm file that's only 2km. Click the upload icon in the upper right corner and select the app to open it with. (I had to click on More and then scroll my apps to find Copy to Digital Editions.)