{"id":9,"date":"2021-09-24T17:35:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T17:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/library\/find\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T13:54:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T17:54:51","slug":"find","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/library\/find\/","title":{"rendered":"Find"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">Find Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/library\/find\/articles-databases\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Articles and Databases<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/library\/find\/books-media-scores\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Books, Media, Scores<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/butler.on.worldcat.org\/atoztitles#journal\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" target=\"_blank\">Journals A\u2013Z<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.butler.edu\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" target=\"_blank\">Research Guides<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.butler.edu\/citations\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" target=\"_blank\">Citation Help<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-find\">Find<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Butler&nbsp;University Libraries offers several avenues for the discovery of information:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Butler catalog is searched through\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/butler.on.worldcat.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WorldCat Discovery.<\/a>\u00a0\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There are search filters on the left-hand side of results that can be used to limit results. Additionally, advanced search can be used to add\u00a0additional\u00a0search qualifiers like keywords, title, author, date range, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Consider putting phrases and multi-word searches in quotes to help limit results.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The search box returns results from Butler University\u2019s collections (the top results) as well as items from other libraries in our Consortium and around the world.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For items from within our Consortium, or another library, hold requests may be placed through\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/library\/services\/ill-palshare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PALShare<\/a> (Consortium) or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/butler.account.worldcat.org\/account\/requests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Interlibrary Loan<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Irwin Library, Science Library, and Education Library\u00a0maintain\u00a0physical collections. Physical materials can also be found through\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/butler.on.worldcat.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WorldCat Discovery\u00a0<\/a>. Items may be placed\u00a0on reserve by faculty for student use in individual courses, and those items may be searched for in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/butler.on.worldcat.org\/courseReserves\/landing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Course Reserves<\/a>\u00a0section.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.butler.edu\/az\/databases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Databases A-Z\u00a0<\/a>&#8211; can be used to find specific databases \u2013 including journal databases, media such as music and movies, scores, and research.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/butler.on.worldcat.org\/atoztitles#journal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Journals A-Z<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0can be used to search for article citations, and specific journal names\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Special Collections, Rare Books, and University Archives\u00a0hold\u00a0rare and valuable collections, most of which relate to the history of Butler University and the\u00a0surrounding\u00a0area. These materials may only be consulted in the\u00a0department but\u00a0may be found through\u00a0WorldCat\u00a0Discovery (limit your search to Special Collections using the left-hand filters). Some collections have been digitized and are linked from\u00a0the Digital Image Collections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For\u00a0assistance\u00a0(chat, email, FAQ, or phone) visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/buanswers.butler.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BU Answers<\/a>. You may also reach out to\u00a0your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/library\/services\/subject-liaisons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">liaison\u00a0librarian<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0assistance.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"revision_note":"","acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.2 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Find | Butler University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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