• Keyword
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• Subject (Library of Congress)
• Author
• Title
• Numbers
• View your library account (view items checked out, renew items, place holds on items)
• Course reserves
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• call numbers and locations of periodicals housed in Owens Library
• videos
• music scores
• music CDs
• books on tape
• primary sources in Owens Library
• books written for children and young adults
• government documents
• K-12 curriculum materials
• research papers by graduate students at NWMSU
• field studies by graduate students at NWMSU
• items at other libraries

1. From the Library Catalog Guided Searches section, click Journal, Magazine & Newspaper
2. Enter the unabbreviated name of the periodical in the search box (Example: type Journal of Abnormal Psychology)
3. Click the Search button
4. Click the title which best matches your search and/or view the full record to locate the call number and location
5. Write down the call number, format (e.g., bound or fiche) and location of the periodical

1. From the Library Catalog Guided Searches section, click on Keyword
2. Type a search topic (Example: to locate videos about effective teaching strategies for children with dyslexia , type dyslexia and teach*)
3. In the Material Type: section, click VIDEO/FILM
4. Click the Search button
5. Click the displayed item(s) which match your topic to locate the call number and location

1. From the Library Catalog Guided Searches section, click Keyword
2. Type a composer (last name, first name), type of music, or type of instrument (Example: to find music scores by Johann Sebastian Bach, type bach, johann sebastian)
3. In the Material Type: section, click MUSIC SCORE
4. Click the Search button
5. Click the displayed item(s) which match your topic to locate the call number and location

1. From the Library Catalog Guided Searches section, click Keyword
2. Type a composer (last name, first name), type of music, or type of instrument (Example: to find music CDs by Johann Sebastian Bach, type bach, johann sebastian)
3. In the Material Type: section, click MUSIC AUDIO
4. Click the Search button
5. Click the displayed item(s) which match your topic to locate the call number and location

1. From the Library Catalog Guided Searches section, click Keyword
2. Type an author's name (last name, first name), title, genre, or topic (Example: to find books on tape about learning Spanish, type spanish)
3. In the Material Type: section, click SPOKEN AUDIO
4. Click the Search button
5. Click the displayed item(s) which match your topic to locate the call number and location

1. From the Library Catalog Guided Searches section, click Keyword
2. Type s:sources and [a search topic] (Example: to locate primary sources about the civil war, type s:sources and civil war)
3. Click the Search button
4. Click the displayed item(s) which match your topic to locate the call number and location

1. From the Library Catalog Guided Searches section, click Keyword
2. Type an author's name (last name, first name), title, genre, or topic (Example: to locate books for children and young adults about U.S. Presidents, type united states and president*)
3. In the Location: section, click NW Owens Juvenile or NW Horace Mann Library
4. Click the Search button
5. Click the displayed item(s) which match your topic to locate the call number and location

1. From the Library Catalog Guided Searches section, click Keyword
2. Type an agency's name, title, or topic (Example: to locate government documents about computer crime, type computer and crime)
3. In the Location: section, click NW Owens Government Docs
4. Click the Search button
5. Click the displayed item(s) which match your topic to locate the call number and location

1. From the Library Catalog Guided Searches section, click Keyword
2. Type s:textbook* and [a title or topic] (Example: to locate curriculum materials on mathematics, type s:textbook* and math*)
3. In the Location: section, click NW Owens Curriculum Matls
4. Click the Search button
5. Click the displayed item(s) which match your topic to locate the call number and location

1. From the Library Catalog Guided Searches section, click Keyword
2. Type research paper and [a search topic] (Example: to locate research papers about art therapy, type research paper and art and therapy)
3. Click the Search button
4. Click the displayed item(s) which match your topic to locate the call number and location

1. From the Library Catalog Guided Searches section, click Keyword
2. Type field study and [a search topic] (Example: to locate field studies about school violence, type field study and violence and school)
3. Click the Search button
4. Click the displayed item(s) which match your topic to locate the call number and location

1. From the Library Catalog, click MOBIUS or Towers in the top-left toolbar
• The MOBIUS catalog lists items that are available within over 50 academic libraries throughout Missouri. Most MOBIUS items can be requested and checked out for three weeks and may be renewed one time for an additional three weeks.
• The Towers catalog lists items that are available within the four academic libraries in the Northwest region (NWMSU, Conception Abbey, Missouri Western, North Central). Most items within Towers may be requested and checked out for three weeks and may be renewed one time for an additional three weeks.
2. Select a search option (keyword, author, title, etc.)
3. Type a search topic (Example: to locate items about artificial intelligence and robotics, select the Keyword search option and type (artificial intelligence or AI) and robotic*)
4. Click the Search button
5. Click the displayed item which match your topic
6. Within MOBIUS, click Request This Item. Within Towers, click the Request button located in the top or bottom navigation bar.
7. In the drop-down menu, select Towers as the institution you are affiliated with
8. Click Submit above information
9. Enter your name and press the TAB key
10. Type your ID number immediately followed by your campus code - NW (example: 123456789NW)
11. Choose a pickup location

AND
To search for every occurrence of the words college and students, enter
college and studentsOR
Note: Group OR sets together with parenthesis
To search for records with either the word university or the word college, enter
(college or university)
AND NOT
To locate all records about terrorism, but excluding the words 9/11 or September, enter
terrorism and not (9/11 or september)NEAR or Within #
Use near to search for words close to each other (in any order). Use within # to search for words within a specified number of each other. For example, if you can't remember how to spell huckleberry, enter adventures within3 finn to retrieve The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In this example, within3 tells the computer to look for finn within three words of adventures. You could also enter adventures near huckleberry.

a: (author)
t: (title)
s: (subject, Note: subjects are NOT cross-referenced)
n: (additional keywords)

Enter your author's last name followed by the first name
Example: Angelou, Maya

Enter the name as a phrase
Example: Microsoft Corporation; American Medical Association; American Institute of Physics

• Omit initial articles (a, an, the) in your title search. For example, instead of typing The Adventures of Oliver Twist, enter Adventures of Oliver Twist
• If you are unsure of the exact title, try searching unique keywords from the title. For example, adventure* and twist

• Enter the ISBN or ISSN numbers with or without hypens (example: 0033-3107 or 0033 3107)
• Enter the Library of Congress, Dewey, or SuDoc number with spaces. Include all punctuation.
  Examples:
  • Library of Congress Number: PS580 .P33
  • Dewey Call Number: 981.06 B92b
  • SuDoc Number: C 3.134:

• view a list of items you currently have checked out or renew those items
  • items can be renewed only if no hold exists for the particular item being renewed
  • items may be renewed up to 2 times - if you have already renewed an item as many times as possible, the note "too many renewals" will appear next to the due date
  • items may only be renewed within 7 days of the due date - if you try to renew an item more than a week before it is due, the note "too soon to renew" will appear next to the due date
• view items placed on hold or cancel a hold

1. From the Library Catalog's front page, in the lower left hand corner under Other Options (you may have to scroll down) click View Your Library Account
2. Enter your name and press the TAB key
3. Type your Northwest ID number immediately followed by our campus code - NW
   (example: 919012345NW)
4. Click the Display record for person named above button
5. Click the link for Items currently checked out to renew items OR click the link for Request (hold) outstanding to view/cancel items on hold
   (Note: Items will display in the lower half of the split screen)
6. To renew an individual item, click in the white box in the Renew column to the left of the title you want to renew and then click the Renew Selected Items button at the top of the table (Note: If you would like to renew all of the items checked out on your account, click the Renew All button)

1. From the Library Catalog Guided Searches section, click Keyword