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If you know something about the item you're searching for--Title, Author, Journal Title, Call Number, Subject, ISBN or ISSN number--choose ALPHABETICAL search. 

If you are looking for a particular journal title AND you know that it is available electronically, choose ALPHABETICAL search and choose "Electronic Titles" from the pull-down menu. 

Here is a list of sources of books online, including those outside as well as inside the library catalog.

Single titles in a SERIES can sometimes be difficult to find. A SERIES is a group of volumes that all fall under a collective title, but also each have a title of their own. 

An example of a series is Lecture Notes in Mathematics. Two of the titles in this series are "Measures with Symmetry Properties" (v. 1808) and "Real Algebraic Surfaces" (v. 1392).  Both are part of the series but each has a distinct and separate title. 

Depending on the information you have about the volume that you want, there are different ways to find it: 

You know the name of the series (e.g., "Lecture Notes in Computer Science"):

1. From the JHU Libraries Catalog, do an ALPHABETICAL search for Series Title.
2. In the search box, enter "Lecture notes in computer science."
3. Choose the entry with a large number of titles next to it; for example, in this case you would choose #4.
4. Look through the list for the needed volume number (hits are displayed in reverse chronological order, unless you choose another way to sort). 

You know the name of an individual volume but you want to see the other volumes in the series:

You're looking for a book called "DNA Computing." To find other titles in that series:

1. From the JHU Libraries Catalog, do an ALPHABETICAL search for Title. 
2. In the search box enter "dna computing."
3. Click on the title to look at the full record.
4. Click on the link to "Lecture Notes in Computer Science" from the series field descriptor. JHU Libraries' holdings for the series will be displayed .

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JHU doctoral dissertations and master's essays must be obtained through the Department of Special Collections. Information about how to do this, office hours, and other information can be seen on the department's "Dissertations" web page.

Information about non-Hopkins dissertations can be found in the following databases:

WorldCat  (All JHU (incl. International))

Search WorldCat for the dissertation title, author, or other information. If any library has cataloged it, you can try to get it through Interlibrary Loan.

Digital Dissertations-- new version will begin 7/21  (All US JHU)

Digital Dissertations covers 1861+, and the full text is available, free, from 1997+. 

Last revised:   January 28, 2008

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