Finding Books - Library and Information Studies - GSLIS - LibGuides @ URI at University of Rhode Island

Where to start your book search

The Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons contains a wide variety of books to support your course work in GSLIS. Whether you're exploring issues in reference, technology, cataloging, management, ethics, archives, or information literacy, the library offers both print and electronic resources to meet your needs.

Search the catalog by keyword, subject, author or title. Identify the items you need and follow the Library of Congress call number to the proper locations.

URI Libraries Search
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Locate books, videos, online resources and more available through the URI Libraries.
Interlibrary Loan - Forms
Request materials from other libraries using InterLibrary Loan. Request forms can be found on this page.

Other places to search for books

Google Books and WorldCat are also important resources for book searching.

Google Books
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Offers a somewhat random search of books scattered across the country. Some full text searching of books, and some full text viewing of out-of-copyright materials. You may be able to request books viewed via Interlibrary Loan.

WorldCat.org
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Freely available version of WorldCat, listing books and other materials in member libraries worldwide. Updated daily.

Keyword vs. subject searching: Which is best?

InfoRhode
These short information literacy tutorials will help you to learn, or to refresh, basic college-level information research skills. They explain how to find, evaluate, and cite books and periodical articles using the University Libraries' catalog and databases.

LIS Dictionaries

These books provide a starting place for research and exploration in the field of library and information studies.The reference materials on this page can help you gain a broad overview of librarianship, decode library jargon and abbreviations, and begin to understand the language of cataloging. Reference books are located in the Reference section of the URI Library, Kingston campus; they are for "Library Use Only" and may not be checked out.