Searching for Books & eBooks 

1. First, click on the link below to access the Holman Library One Search which searches for books, videos, journals, and more.

2. Then, design an initial search and perform at least a couple of different, subsequent searches. 

You may wish to start with this search first:

[enter your food name]

AND

history OR industry OR economics OR commodity OR agribusiness OR chain 

For subsequent searches, try formulas for other search designs

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3. After you search, filter in the left column by source type = Books

4. Next, choose a relevant book.
   
   If a result shows a location of a book, that means it is available on library shelves.  If the campus is closed, you can click on the book and follow directions to request it via curbside pickup: 

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5. If a result shows "view online" you can read the book online:

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6. Finally, manipulate the book to locate the info you need as shown in the images below.

• you do not have to read a whole book; find chapters that are most relevant to you
• use the "search within" feature (for online books) to find specific words in the book.
  Examples:
  • if the book is a general book about food, type in the name of your food to see if the book covers your specific food
  • if the book is specifically about your food, type in an aspect about that food that you want to know more about.  Examples: "distribution"  "farmers"  "ethnic"
• Note that these features may look slightly different in different database platforms, but the strategy is the same:

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