Catalogs - Always Start Here First
- Search the SJU Catalog for materials that the University owns or to which we provide access.
- This includes books, journals, audio-visual materials, and electronic resources.
- The Library offers two Catalog interfaces. Use the information below to help you answer the question:
| Which catalog should I use? | |
|---|---|
 The Classic Catalog |
Best used when searching for a specific title or author. To check for Course Reserves Log into "My Library Account" to renew books and work with preferred searches. Browse the "Featured Lists" to see lists of new books, popular reading, SJU Theses and Dissertations and more. |
 The Discovery Catalog |
Best used when searching with keywords for a specific topic. Graphical interface allows for modifying search terms with a "Word Cloud" display on the left and" faceted search terms" on the right. To view a book Summary or Table of Contents. more about the Discovery Catalog |
Regional Catalogs -- Your Next Choice after checking our SJU Catalogs
Use this self-service system for borrowing books from the libraries of over 60 colleges/universities across PA and neighboring states. Saint Joseph's students, faculty and staff may search the virtual catalog and directly request:
- books that we do not own
- books currently checked out or otherwise unavailable at Saint Joseph's Libraries.
- Note: No journals or journal articles may be requested
WorldCat (via OCLC's FirstSearch interface) is a cooperative database of bibliographic records contributed by 60,000 libraries. More than 100 million global information sources in all formats—books, full text, electronic books and journals, Web-based articles, and audio and video recordings.
Although this database can show records from around the world, our implementation is set up to clearly specify when a resource is available from SJU (as well as other regional academic institutions). When a resource is not available at SJU or a nearby college/university, you can always submit a request for an Interlibrary Loan.
Other Catalogs
We always suggest using our local and regional catalogs first. But if you need to go beyond:
Additional Information about Books
