Login and search LibrarySearch using keywords that describe your topic, then refine your results to books and chapters.

• Combine your keywords with AND to find all search terms.   
• Use OR to find any words or synonyms.   
• Find “exact phrases” with quotation marks.   
• Add an asterisk to part of a word to find different endings and plurals.   

An example search:   

"business" AND “Computer networks”

Some useful subject headings that you can use to search include: 

• Business enterprises (Computer networks) 
• C++ (Computer program language) 
• Client/server computing 
• Computer networks 
• Computer security 
• Cybersecurity
• Cryptography 
• Database management 
• Decision support systems 
• Electronic commerce 
• Expert systems 
• Firewalls (Computer security) 
• Internet - Dictionaries 
• Intranets - Computer networks 
• Java (Computer program language) 
• Knowledge management 
• Linux 
• Management information systems 
• Multimedia systems 
• Operating systems (Computers) 
• Electronic spreadsheets 
• System analysis 
• Microsoft Visual Basic 
• Web services 
• XML (Document markup language) 

This video explains how to understand a call number to locate a book in the Library.

RMIT University Library (14 October 2021) ‘How to find a book in the Library’ [video], RMIT University Library, YouTube website, accessed 14 April 2023. https://youtu.be/38qiN_pyLUM

See the Library’s e-Book guide for tips on using e-books.

Assignments: get started- find out how to research your topic to find suitable information.