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General library search with KĀ·Search

K Search

Kenyon's one-stop search tool, K·Search, is a great place tool to use if you have a particular author or title to search for; it's also a good place to start a general search for scholarly and peer-reviewed materials.

To the left of your results list, you'll see options for filtering your results:

  • Scholarly & Peer-Reviewed
  • Content Type (e.g., Journal Article or Book)
  • Academic Discipline
  • Publication Date

Find a Book in the Chalmers Stacks Using Call Numbers

Find a Book Using a Call Number

Call Numbers ExplainedLibrary Call Number Map

Reference Resources

Reference tools such as biographies, bibliographies, and encyclopedias can provide useful overviews of a topic, a time period, a genre, or an author's life and works. These are general literature reference tools, but keep in mind that there are also many author- or subject-specific resources in the reference collection, and that it might be helpful to browse the PN (general literature), PR (English literature), or PS (American literature) call number ranges to see if your topic is represented in a specialized reference work.

General Literary Background Information

Use these resources to find author biographies, critical essays, histories, and other general background information.

Guides to Literature

Writing and Citing