How To Locate Books

A book can be either a primary or secondary source, depending upon factors like publication date and viewpoint of the author.

The collections of the Yale University Library are represented in multiple catalogs. Together, the card catalog, Orbis, Morris (the Law Library catalog) and the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) catalog constitute the Yale University Library catalog.

Eureka provides catalog records for books, journals, maps, sound recordings, musical scores, films, archives, and computer files held in research, corporate, and public libraries, as well as museums, archives and historical societies. 

Worldcat contains over 39 million records from academic, public, special and national libraries around the world.

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