• Try a title or keyword search in the library catalog.
• Need a book now? Limit your results by Held by: Rhode Island College
• Pay attention to the publication date. Try to find recent titles when possible.
• Notice the publisher of the book. A book published by a university press is considered a scholarly work.
• Use bibliographies in your class readings and textbooks to discover titles of books and then search for those books in the library catalog.
• When in doubt, ask a Reference Librarian.