Finding Books - BCHM 210 - Biochemistry Laboratory Techniques - Subject Guides at University of Michigan-Dearborn

Searching for Books

Tips for finding books:

Use the topics list from your assignment (or your proposed topic) and use that in both the keyword and subject searches.

I found a book. How do I find more?

Check the book's catalog record for subject(s). Clicking on the links there should show a list of other, related titles.
Look through the book's references. You should be able to find citations to older, helpful books there.
Search the catalog for more books by the same author or authors; the author may have published more books in the field.

Search the library catalog
Find books in the University of Michigan-Dearborn's Mardigian Library.
Search the UM-Ann Arbor and UM-Flint catalog
There are two ways to get books from UM-Ann Arbor and UM-Flint libraries:
1. Click the "Get this" button in the UM-Ann Arbor/Flint catalog entry, then choose "UM-Dearborn Mardigian Library" to have the book sent to the Mardigian Library for pick up.
2. UM-Dearborn students staff can use their MCard to check out books from the Thompson Library at UM-Flint as well as most UM-Ann Arbor libraries — after registering at the library's circulation desk.
Search MeLCat
The Michigan Electronic Library (MeL) includes materials from libraries throughout Michigan, but not UM-Ann Arbor. You request the book and it is delivered to the Mardigian Library (usually in 3 to 5 days).
Visit Other Libraries
The Mardigian Library has agreements with several college and university libraries in the Detroit area where you can go to check out books. If any of these are convenient to you, you might get the book you want faster by visiting that library.
Note: Check the link above to see what you need (MCard, proof of current registration, or Infopass) before visiting the library.
e-Books
The library also has access to hundreds of thousands of online books. Check, especially, Ebook Central, eBook Collection on EBSCOhost, National Academies Press, ScienceDirect, Springer e-Books, and Wiley e-Books.