Search the Novanet catalogue for resources like books, journal articles, conference proceedings, newspapers, theses, technical reports, and open access material.
You can find the Novanet catalogue front and centre on the Library's homepage:
Library Catalogue Definition: A database listing and describing the books, journals, government documents, audiovisual and other materials held by a library. Various search terms allow you to look for items in the catalog. The catalogue gives the physical location of material on library shelves using a call number.
Dalhousie Univeristy uses a library catalogue called Novanet.
Novanet is not just the library catalogue for Dalhousie University, Novanet is the library catalogue for all of the universities and community colleges in Nova Scotia, as well as Mount Allison University in New Brunswick. This sharing of the catalogue means that a tremendous number of books, journals, documents, audio-visual materials and many other resources are available to you.
A -- GENERAL WORKS: YEARBOOKS, ENCYCLOPEDIAS, DICTIONARIES B – PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY, RELIGION C – HISTORY: CIVILIZATION, ARCHAEOLOGY, BIOGRAPHY D -- WORLD HISTORY AND HISTORY OF EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, ETC. E -- HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS F -- HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS G – GEOGRAPHY, ANTHROPOLOGY, GENDER, RECREATION H – ECONOMICS, COMMERCE, SOCIOLOGY, SOCIAL WORK, PLANNING J -- POLITICAL SCIENCE K -- LAW L -- EDUCATION M -- MUSIC N -- FINE ARTS, ARCHITECTURE P -- LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Q – MATH, COMPUTING, SCIENCES R -- MEDICINE S -- AGRICULTURE T – TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING U -- MILITARY SCIENCE V -- NAVAL SCIENCE Z – BIBLIOGRAPHY, LIBRARY SCIENCE, INFORMATION RESOURCES |
This short video explains how to read a Library of Congress call number.