InfoHawk+ is the name of our online catalog, and it is a great place to start your research.

InfoHawk+ is designed to search across our libraries' print and digital collections, including journal articles from a selection of the many databases to which we subscribe. It can be used to provide you access to:

• Books (both print and digital)
• Scholarly journal articles (both print and digital)
• Newspaper Articles (current and historical)
• Archival and Special Collection materials 
• Audiovisual Content (DVDs, CDs, Blu-Ray, and streamable content) 
• Course Reserves

Once you find a book title in InfoHawk+, you will want to take note of a few things:

• the format of the book (is it offered in print, as an ebook, or both?)
• the item availability 
• the location (is it housed at the Main Library, or at another one of our libraries on campus?)
• the status (is it currently on the shelf or is it held off-site?)
• the call number

When you are looking for a print book in our libraries, always start with the beginning of the call number. Books are arranged alphabetically starting with this. For example, all PR call numbers are together, after PP and before PS, and all P’s come after all combinations of N and before all combinations of Q, like this:

P, PA, PB . . . PP, PR, PS . . . Q, QA, QB

When books have identical letter combinations, look to the number line next. Books are ordered using whole numbers on this part. For example:

PR1    PR206    PR1056    PR6037     PR6209

In the Main Library, you will find our books are arranged by call number according to the following: 

• A-D Fifth Floor, East
• E-N Fifth Floor, West
• P1-PS3515 Fourth Floor, East
• PS3517-Z Second Floor, Southwest

You can always ask a librarian or staff member for help, too! 

Main Library can mail books, DVDs, and Interlibrary Loans to your home or work address. 

To make a request: 

1. Sign-in to InfoHawk+ using your HawkID or Community Borrower credentials, then search InfoHawk+ to find the item.

2. When looking at the detailed record of the item, select "Request Physical Item."
   (Remember, for faster delivery, you can "Request PDF of Book Chapter." If you choose that option, you'll be routed to our InterLibrary Loan / Document Delivery system.)
   
    

3. Fill in your full mailing address (no P.O. boxes) including zip code and click "Request."
   

If you prefer, you can have items held for you to pick up at the library of your choice through the same request process in InfoHawk+. You'll get an email when items are ready for pick up at the library's service desk.