First-Year Writing Research Guide

Quick Search will search through all of the library's materials for items that match your search terms. You can find physical items available to check out with your MavCard such as print books and DVDs, and digital materials such as ebooks and online articles. 

Search Quick Search from the box below. Or, access it from the library's homepage. 

How to Use Quick Search

Sign in using your NetID to:

• See restricted articles if you're not on campus.
• Request materials via Interlibrary Loan.
• Renew items in your account, see your requests, or see what you have checked out.
• Save your search results for future use in "My Favorites." Click on the pin icon and it will automatically be saved.
• Save your search queries and receive alerts when new items are added that match those searches.

Start searching

• Enter search words to search by keyword. By default the bar on this guide searches Quick Search. This will return items at Criss Library. You can also search “Everything," "Articles," "Network Catalog" which will search all the library in the University of Nebraska System, or “Course Reserves.”  
• Click on "Advanced Search" to search by subject, title, or author fields. "Advanced Search" gives you many options to limit your search—by material type, date, language, etc. Or, you can filter your results after searching.

Refine your results

• Use the filters on the left-hand side of the screen to limit your results by date ,resource type, location, language, and more.

• eBooks Help

  The e-Books guide contains all the information you need about using and downloading the library's e-book collections.

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