Library Research Skills for Land and Food Systems

So, how do you find books and eBooks on your research topic? Use Summon, beginning with keywords from your research question. Let's try a search for information about food security in Canada. To search for a phrase, put each keyword inside quotations. This will tell Summon to search for the words together (as a phrase) rather than separately.

Refine a Summon search to books/eBooks

Once you have a results list, you'll notice that a search returns many different types of material. Therefore, you will need to refine your search to books/ebooks.

On the lefthand side of the screen, under Refine your Search, click on Full Text Online. Also, use the Content Type limiter to select Book/eBook. This will limit your results to ebooks only.

Click on the title of the book. This will open the full record and includes important information including the location: the library branch and call number if it is a print book or a link to the online book, if it is an ebook.