Searching for Books in Search It All
At the top of each Library website page find the blue navigation bar:
Clicking Search It All will take you to the Library Catalog, Search It All.
Search It All will display books and ebooks in the Weatherford College Libraries in both Weatherford and Wise County, as well as books owned by other libraries around the country. Once you are in Search It All, set the filters on the left side of the page:
- Format = "Book" (for all book formats) or "Print Book" or "eBook"
If you do NOT see enough results, change the Held By Library filter to "Libraries Worldwide," click on the book title you are interested in, and click on Request Item through Interlibrary Loan. You cannot request eBooks through the Interlibrary Loan system.
For more help searching for books in Search It All, watch the video How to Find a Book using Search It All. Also available is the video How to Place an Interlibrary Loan
Access Search It All using the quick link on the blue navigation bar at the top of the page.
Sample Searches
| Second Amendment AND gun control |
Use AND between two or more terms to find materials with all the terms. Searching for Second Amendment AND gun control will only include books that have both terms in their contents.
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| NRA OR National Rifle Association |
Use OR between similar terms. Searching for NRA OR National Rifle Association will find books that refer to either term.
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| "right to bear arms" |
Use quotation marks ( " " ) around specific phrases such as "right to bear arms" to find the words in that specific order.
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| congress* |
Use an asterisk ( * ) to find multiple endings of one word. Using congress* as a search term will include results that refer to congress, congressional, congressman, and congresswoman. |