Finding Books
Summer Scholars -- Law and Society / Policy Making in a Global Context

The Washington and Lee University library catalog, called "Annie," is part of the campus computer network. Annie is freely available on the Web and a link to Annie is included on nearly every W&L library Web page.

Annie refers you to the books, periodicals, U.S. Government publications, videos (VHS and DVD), and other materials in Leyburn Library (the main library), Telford Science Library, the law library, and small "branch" collections in the Williams School of Commerce and the Journalism Department.

Topic/Subject
The Keyword option is the best place to start when looking for material on a subject.
It is also useful for its ability to combine two or more words in a single search, and for the possibility of truncating a word with an asterisk (*) to search for all forms of that word.
To search for a multi-word phrase, enclose the search words within parentheses. Some examples:

• "flag burning"   (with these results)
• flag* AND desecration   (with these results)
• (flag* AND descration) OR "flag burning"  (with these results)
• ("intelligent design" OR "creation science") AND (school* OR education*)   (with these results)

Works Created By a Person
The Author option allows you find works created by a person. Be sure to place the person's last name first. Example:

• wolfe tom
• rowling

Works Created About a Person or a Work
The Subject option allows you find works about a person. Be sure to place the person's last name first. Example:

• wolfe tom
• harry potter   (Annie results)