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Library Services for CMLT Students and Faculty: Library Catalog

Library Catalog

The Phillips Library catalog, also known as EBSCO Discovery Service, EDS, or Discovery, contains records for all books, electronic materials, and other resources owned by the Phillips Library.
You do not have to be signed into the catalog in order to search, but logging in does allow you to:
  • View materials that that are only available to students & faculty, such as ebooks, articles, and electronic resources from many of our subscription databases.
  • View materials you have checked out.
  • Renew your books.
  • View your search history and any saved searches.
  • Place requests on materials you'd like to be held for you at the circulation desk.

Library Book Locations

I found the book I need in the catalog but am not sure where it is located in the library!
Main Library Stacks: This is the main circulating collection of the library and is fully accessible by students and faculty. These stacks are located on the north side of the library and are organized by the Dewey Decimal System.
Compact Storage Shelving: These stacks are also known as our closed stacks and are not accessible to students. If you need an item from compact storage stop by the Library desk and we'll grab it for you.
New Books: These items are located on a table and shelves right inside the library doors. These shelves are fully accessible to students and faculty, and almost all items can be checked out. Any reference items in New Books are library use only.
Media: Media materials are located in a little corner to the left of the Reference shelves. These items are accessible by students and faculty and all items are circulating.
Periodicals: Current periodicals from 5 years ago to current are located on shelves right outside Avery's office at the north end of the Library, and the most recent issue of those journals are located in the northeast corner right across from the current periodical shelves. Periodicals older than 5 years are located in compact storage and not accessible by students and faculty. If you need a journal from compact storage, stop by the Library Desk and we'll get it for you. All periodicals are library use only.
Reference: These books are located in the long brown bookshelves just past the Library desk and right before you get to the main stacks. They are accessible to all students and faculty, but are non-circulating and can only be used within the library.
Writing and Research Collection: These items are located on wall shelving just past the Library desk and before you get to the reference shelves. Items with a dark purple label are non-circulating while items with a light lavender label can be checked out. 
Reserves: These shelves are located across from the Library desk and just outside Katherine's office. Reserves items are usually non-circulating, except for items that have a 7-day loan sticker on the cover. If you need to check out a non-circulating reserves item please check with our Reserves Librarian, Avery Phillips.
Discipliana Collection: This collection is now housed in the Sayre Special Collection Rooms in the northeast corner of the Library. This collection is open to students and faculty, and almost all items in the collection can be checked out.
Merrick Collection: This archival collection is now housed in the Sayre Special Collections Room in the northeast corner of the Library. While the majority of this collection is open to students and faculty and circulating, the journals and ephemera located in archival boxes and storage boxes are not accessible and non-circulating. Please email the Library in order to use the Merrick archives.
Beasely Rare Book Room: This collection requires an appointment to view and use Rare Book Room materials. If you would like to see something that is housed in our rare book room or archives please email the Library to set up an appointment.

Signing In

To access the catalog from the SSO, go to sso.ptstulsa.edu and log in with your SSO credentials.
Your SSO credentials are your firstname.lastname and the password you created when setting up your SSO for the first time. Usually it will be the same password as your Phillips Outlook.
Once you are logged in to your SSO, click the "Library Catalog" app to sign in to the catalog.

If you're not automatically signed in after going through the SSO, click "Sign In" in the top right corner to refresh the page and complete your login.

You can log in directly from the catalog by clicking "Sign In" at the top right. After entering your credentials on the SSO login page, you'll be automatically returned to the catalog.

Renewing Loans and Requesting Items

Search Tips and Examples

SUBJECT SEARCH
  • SUBJECT HEADINGS are a defined and controlled set of terms used to describe items in a database.
  • SUBJECT searches locate items specifically assigned a SUBJECT HEADING.
  • SUBJECT HEADINGS can refine your search to the most relevant resources.
To locate a subject heading in the Phillips Library catalog, open a book record and look for the SUBJECT TERMS.
Simply click a term to locate other materials with the same subject heading.

 

WHAT ARE BOOLEAN OPERATORS AND WHAT DO THEY DO?
Boolean operators are AND, OR, and NOT.
Boolean operators connect your search terms together in order to NARROW or BROADEN your search results.
If your topic contains several search terms, BOOLEAN OPERATORS help refine your search.
SEARCH ORDER
Databases commonly recognize AND as the PRIMARY BOOLEAN OPERATOR, and will search for the two terms connected by AND first.
If you use more than one Boolean operator in a search, be sure to enclose the terms connected by OR or NOT together in parentheses.
For example:
democracy AND (united states OR france)
Use AND to:
•NARROW your search.
•Indicate that ALL search terms must be present in the search results.
 
example: women AND leadership
Use OR to:
     •BROADEN your search.
     •Indicate that ANY of your search terms can be present in the search results.

 

example: women OR leadership

Use NOT to:
     •EXCLUDE words from your search.
     •NARROW your search by indicating which concepts related to your search are to be ignored.
 
example: education NOT middle school

TRUNCATION broadens your search to include various endings and spellings of a ROOT WORD.
Use the ROOT WORD, followed by an ASTERISK (*).
theol* = theology, theological, theologian
econ*  = economy, economic, economics, economical
WILDCARD broadens a search by substituting a SYMBOL for a letter.
examples:
wom?n = woman, women
defen?e = defence, defense