• Use the Keyword function and combine terms to search on a topic then use the subject headings from relevant books for additional search terms.
• Write down the call number and location for any book you want. If the item is not at your campus use the "I Want It" button to request it. 
• For electronic books, click the link under the words "online content" to access the full text

You can also find books via

If you know the item you want, and Penn State does not own it, use Interlibrary Loan!

Try the WorldCat database if you want to identify other books by subject or author.  You can request the items directly within the system and they will automatically use our InterLibrary Loan service

• Check books out at the nearest lending desk. 
• Loan periods are usually one semester
• Books can be recalled for another user, so respond ASAP to library notices. 

Book review

Description: book reviews are articles that will often provide you with a summary of the book as well as a critical analysis by someone other than the author.

There are indexes or journals that are strictly devoted to publishing review articles of books. However, it is more useful to find book reviews in scholarly journals for particular subject domains for a more critical analysis. You can do this in LionSearch by limiting your search to Scholarly Journals and the type Book Review. Or you can search in a Subject Database (described in this guide) like Sociological Abstracts and limit to the type Book Review.

Video: Using LionSearch to Discover Book Reviews & Book Chapters. Demonstrates how to find book review articles in scholarly journals by showing you how to:

• Find scholarly book review articles using as an example “poverty rates” in LionSearch
• Find the book it is reviewing
• Find other book reviews on the same book