One-Search Library Catalog: Getting Started

WKU Libraries One-Search Catalog

The One-Search Library Catalog offers a one-stop search for materials provided by WKU Libraries. This includes books, journal articles, videos, CDs, DVDs, and other library resources. 

Find the One-Search Catalog on the WKU Libraries home page (www.wku.edu/library). You can't miss it...it's the big search box right in the middle of the page! Just enter your search term in the box (it can be a keyword, title, author, subject, or call number) and click on the Search icon.

Results:

Results include several different types of materials. To get more information about any of the items in your list of results, click on the title.

Filters:

Filter your search results using "Tweak My Results":

Advanced Search Tips

• Use quotation marks (“ …. ”) to bring up results that contain that exact phrase. example: "Yellow Submarine."
• Search operators:
  • Use AND to search two terms together. example: jaguar AND cheetah
  • Use OR to expand results. example: jaguar OR cheetah
  • Use NOT to exclude certain results. example: "noise pollution" NOT music
• Wildcards:
  • Use a question mark (?) to search for multiple words with similar spellings: search for wom?n to find results containing both women and woman
  • Use an asterisk (*) to retrieve results that include various endings to the search word: search for educat* to find education, educator, educate, educating, and so forth.