Library Guides: Arts Education: Books & ebooks

Library Catalogue Search

Use a keyword search to find books and ebooks on a topic. Once you have completed a search you can limit your search to a specific collection such as, Giblin Eunson Library or format such as online books (login with your username and password to view e-books)
Only want an eBook? Choose the option 'Online books' in the catalogue. To read an e-book, open the catalogue record and then select the link: Connect to electronic book.
Interested in requesting library books by mail? Check out the 'sourcing online and print resources' page
Searching in Discovery will also retrieve books and ebooks

The following keyword search strategies link to search results in the library catalogue.

Tips For Building Your Search Statement

Use truncation to extend search results - e.g. teach* will retrieve teacher, teachers and teaching

Add "quotation marks" to retrieve a specific phrase.

Use the term OR to find synonyms or alternative terms- e.g.performance OR show OR play

Use brackets around alternative terms to create order in your search - e.g. (drama* OR theatre) AND secondary school

Click these SUBJECT links to view items from the collection

Staff and students can request books and articles we don't own via interlibrary loans Requested books are delivered to the University of Melbourne Library for collection.
Find copies of books held in Australian libraries using TROVE.
Borrowing from other Victorian Universities - Get a CAVAL card and then you can visit and borrow books from other university libraries in Victoria.
Live Interstate? Borrowing options - Use the ULANZ borrowing scheme to borrow in person from any other participating Australian and New Zealand university libraries.
Want us to buy a book? Fill in the Orders Request form.