Use the online catalog to identify:

• books on your topic
• encyclopedias, almanacs, atlases, etc. that may contain relevant information
• print or electronic indexes that index articles on your topic area
• periodical titles that would or do contain relevant articles

IF you know the name of the information source you need, do a title search in the online catalog.

IF you do not know the names of subject specific information sources relevant to your topic, then you can use the subject and keyword capabilities of the online catalog to identify these items.
The main strategies for doing this are:

• keyword search with form subdivisions
• browse subject headings for form subdivisions
• subject heading search with form subdivisions