Sonography (Dale Mabry): Search books and more

Library search tools such as the library Discovery search and the databases,, work best with just the most important, or key, words that describe your topic. This brief video guides you in developing initial search terms. You can always add to or change them as you go along. Source: Norwich Library.

Important

Instead of sonography, search the term, ultrasonography, along with one or more keywords that describe your specific topic.

(ultrasonography OR ultrasound) AND ovarian cysts

Here are examples of the above search filtered by Resource Type:

• Filtered by Resource Type to books
• Filtered by Resource Type to articles
• Filtered by Resource Type to articles, and Publication Date from 2020 to 2025
• Filtered by Resource Type to articles, and Publication Date from 2020 to 2025, and peer-reviewed journals

Demonstrations of library searches and more help are on the Tutorials page.

To Find a book in the library using the Library Catalog (HCC Libraries Search):

1. You need the Call Number
2. Check the Location (Circulation, Reference, etc.)
3. Check the availability (available, checked out, etc.)

If you can't find what you need, ask for help. If you need a book for your research that we don't have at your campus library, you can request it.