You walk into the library and step up to one of the self-service terminals. You just popped into to find a book that will help you with your research project, and you want to use the DiscoverEd to locate the book in the library. You type the title into the search bar and hit enter. The first page of results shows articles and book reviews of the book. You go back to the search bar, but this time you click on ‘Advanced Search,’ and you type the title, the author’s name, and the publication year into the respective fields. On the results page, the book you want is the first option. One more click, and you know what floor of the library it’s on, which set of stacks it’s in, and the call number it’s sorted by.

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