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ENGN Orientation to the Brown University Library

3 Things to Know About the Brown Library Website

BruKnow: The Brown Library Catalog

The best place to get started with your research is usually the library catalog, BruKnow. It's the big search box found near the top of the library homepage. When you search BruKnow, you will be brought to a page of results, divided by format, including books and ebooks, journal articles, journal titles, media such as DVDs and streaming video, and more.

For an overview of the features of BruKnow, take a look at our new resource guide:

Ebooks

You can easily search for ebooks by simply clicking on the Ebooks button beneath the search box of our discovery tool BruKnow as it appears on the library homepage. Or you can filter your results to show you only ebooks after you have carried out a search.