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Medical Center Library Resources & Services for Clinical Preceptors

How to Find a Book

Find a book in a local SLU library

1. Medical Center Library's home page http://lib.slu.edu/mcl -> Click on drop down menu Research on the middle top of the page -> click on SLU Library Catalog

2. Search the catalog by title, author, subject, or keyword from the drop down list of choices of View Entire Collection, Pius Library, Law Library, Medical Center Library, etc.

3. When you find a book, make note of its current status (checked out or available), library location, and call number.

4. Go to the appropriate library to retrieve your book on the shelf and check it out at the library's circulation desk with your SLU ID.

* What if the book is at the Locust Street Library Facility? You may request books using the REQUEST button in the SLU Libraries Catalog.

Find a book in the MOBIUS catalog system

What if the SLU Libraries don't have the book you need? More than 60 academic libraries in Missouri share a catalog system called MOBIUS.

To search other academic libraries in Missouri, click on the MOBIUS link on the top of catalog homepage.

When you locate the book in MOBIUS, click the REQUEST THIS ITEM link and follow the instructions.

Use InterLibrary Loan (ILL) service to request a book that is not available in MOBIUS

If the book is not available in MOBIUS, use Interlibrary Loan to request the book.

* Watch a tutorial about how to find books

Library Catalog Account

You can set up a library catalog account. Once you log in to your library catalog account, you can search the catalog, save your search, select the titles of your choice, renew the checked-out books online, and many other features.

To set up a library catalog account, click on My Account on the top-right the library online catalog.