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Main entrance of the CSUDH University Library. View of North and South building.

Welcome to the University Library, Toros!

You can find entrances to the library from the second level of the South campus walkways.

Library Homepage

You can access online library resources from anywhere! 

To get to the CSUDH Library homepage (https://csudh.edu/library), use the quick links at the top of any CSUDH site, Blackboard, or your favorite search engine. 

CSUDH Library Homepage with Quick Links button in the CSUDH header highlighted.

OneSearch

To get started with your research, use the main search bar on the library's homepage to search for articles, books, and other materials in one platform called OneSearch!

Location of OneSearch on the library's homepage.

You can search for the title of a specific book or article, or use keywords related to your topic. OneSearch will return results that frequently include those terms or phrases. It's not unusual for searches to return thousands of results, but you can refine your results using the options on the left side of the screen to narrow down by:

  • Available in the Library
  • Peer-reviewed/scholarly
  • Full-text online
  • Material type (e.g. book, journal, article, newspaper, reference entry)
  • Date
  • and more! 

OneSearch results for peer-reviewed articles on climate change with Refine my results panel highlighted.

Watch this short video on "OneSearch" to learn more about finding books and articles through the library. 

Finding the Full Text

Not sure where to go from there? Watch this short video "Finding the Full Text" to learn more about accessing online resources in OneSearch and library databases.

Saving Your Results in OneSearch

Keep your research in one place! Sign in to your library account in OneSearch using your CSUDH username and password to save ebooks and articles to your My Favorites folder. Watch this short video on "Saving Your Results in OneSearch" to learn more.