Updated 10/16/2022
Together with nearly forty other academic libraries in the region, Hannon Library has transitioned to a new version of our online catalog, developed by our vendor, Ex Libris.
We’ve also adopted a new application designed to make borrowing items from other institutions easier and more efficient. Although the catalog looks much the same as it did last term, there are several important changes and new features.
Now, when you search the catalog, you’ll have the option of choosing from four different scopes.
Search Hannon + Articles to find physical and digital items available at the Hannon Library. This search also includes articles from selected Hannon Library databases and open access resources. You can sign in to view articles and to request digital or physical items related to your search from other libraries.
This is our default search scope, so when you search from the library homepage, your search will use Hannon + Articles.
Because scholarly knowledge is organized by academic discipline, searching for articles using an online catalog can be messy. It’s usually better to choose a recommended database from one of our librarian-curated research guides. If you’re not sure what research guide or database to use, you can always ask a librarian, via chat from the library homepage or, if you’re in the library, get help from a librarian at the research help desk.
Search Hannon Only to find ebooks, books, videos, and other physical resources available at the Hannon Library. This is a great search scope when:
Search Hannon + Articles + Other Libraries to find books, articles, journals, media, and other resources from both our collection and libraries across the country. If Hannon Library doesn’t have the item, you can sign in to request it from another library.
Searching this way will usually get you lots of results, great if you’re trying to see what has been written about a topic, regardless of whether we have it here at Hannon Library. Items we have in our collection, though, are given a healthy bump in the search, so locally available items should show up higher on your list of results.
In the past, you may have used a search scope that included “Summit Libraries,” a partnership of academic libraries in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. We don’t have this search scope anymore, but don’t worry: items held by Summit Libraries are included in the Hannon + Articles + Other Libraries search scope. Only now, these searches also include items held by libraries in other parts of the country. We made this change because we have combined Summit and Interlibrary Loan into one easy-to-use feature within our catalog that will show you Summit libraries along with other libraries across the country.
Search Course Reserves to find items your instructor has placed on reserve . Instructors often place required or supplementary course materials on reserve for short loans so these items are not checked out for days or weeks when their students need them. Course reserve items are available to check out at the Circulation Desk.
With our updated interlibrary loan service, you can now see real-time availability of materials from other libraries and place all your requests from directly within your search results.
You can still use advanced search to find journals by title or ISSN, but now we also have a dedicated journal search as an item on the top menu.
Using this search, you can type a known journal’s title or ISSN into a single box, click “Journal Search,” and see if we provide access to that journal. You can also use the “Journals by category” to see what journals you can access in a variety of disciplines—from art history to the social sciences.
Please let us know if something isn’t working for you or if you’re having difficulty getting the results you’re used to. You can contact us at library@sou.edu or report an issue using our webform.
