Enter Keywords to Start Your Search
- Starting from the library website lib.montana.edu
- Enter search terms in the CatSearch box
- Limit by Availability and Resource Type on the search results page
- Limit to 'Peer reviewed' if needed
- Limit by subject, author, date and others, on the right of the search results page

Online Access
- Click on an item from the search results.
- Click on 'Full Text Available' if the library has access, then follow the light blue links to get the full article from one of the listed databases
Physical Access
- Limit to books, or physical collection if needed.
- Click on the item from your search results.
- Sign in, if needed
- Click Place Hold, and you will get an email when the item is ready to be picked up at the front desk.

Video: Using CatSearch in Less than 60 Seconds:
The video shows the same steps outlined above. This is in place of a transcript, because there are no spoken words in the video.