Featured titles from our collection
OneSearch: Our Database of Library Materials (and more)
If you want to find books we own, you'll want to search in OneSearch and then apply the "Library Catalog" limit.
- OneSearch This link opens in a new windowOneSearch is a tool that cross searches all of our library-owned titles, many of our article databases, and other online sources. You can search across many collections in one search box simplifying the resource discovery process.
To look up books about the choreographer Merce Cunningham, you can type his name into the search box, like this...
To limit to just titles we own here at the Ball State Libraries, I can click on "Library Catalog" on the left. This will include print books as well as eBooks. Then I can explore my results!
Most books will be in the General Collection, on the upper floors of Bracken Library. Use the Book Locations and Floorplans page to figure out the exact floor to go to, based on the first couple letters of the call number. GV, for example, where dance books are often classified, can be found on Floor 3 West.
Looking for even more books?
- WorldCat This link opens in a new windowWorldCat is the collected catalog of materials (such as books) owned by over 43,000 libraries worldwide. Great for exhaustive searches for books on a topic. Look for the "Request via interlibrary loan" in WorldCat records to borrow items from other libraries using Interlibrary Loan.