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Finding physical items
When you conduct a search in Discovery Search, the list of results will contain a mixture of item types: books, ebooks, journal articles, magazine articles, and much more. If you would like to find a physical item, such as a print book or DVD, you can use the Format limiter from the options to the left of the results:
If the type of item you're looking for isn't listed, click on "Show More" to see other options:
To find a print book, select the "Print book" option from under the larger "Book" option.
Finding articles
While it may be tempting to choose limiters that seem to guarantee that you'll be able to get the full text, choosing these can unnecessarily limit your options. If there's something we don't have, we can always get it for you through interlibrary loan. We recommend ignoring the options "downloadable article" and "full text" in the limiters.
These are listed on some records but not others, so we're unable to remove these from the list of options.