Use our Search Options guide for information about the best resources to use to find the materials you need.

Search Discover or the online catalog by author, title, subject, or keyword for books, government documents, journals, musical scores, audio recordings, videos and other items Vassar owns.

• Tip: “author” is any name associated with the item: editor, translator, actor, composer, performer, etc.

Try Keyword first if you don't know what subject to search for.  Check subject headings at the bottom of the record to find other items on the same subject.

• Tip: to get suggestions for alternate spellings use an Author or Subject search and not Keyword.

Identify the item's

• call number (where is it on the shelf?)
• location (Which library is it in? Which room?)
• status (has it been checked out?)

Find it:

• For Main Library items: use the Guide to Locations to find call numbers and rooms.  Print copies are available at the Main Library Circulation Desk.
• For Music Library items: use the Location and Guide to Call Numbers and the Music Library Maps on the Music Library website.