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What browsers work best with LibrarySearch?

What is truncation? How can I use it to improve my searches?

I found a book in the catalogue at a hospital library. How do I get it?

I am asked to either login or pay for access to an ejournal or an article. What should I do?

How can I tell what discipline a journal article is from?

Do we have online access to the Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star now that there is a paywall?

How do I find newspapers & newspaper articles in LibrarySearch?

Is it possible to export PDFs to EndNote directly from a database search?

Lately I have not been able to access UpToDate. Is something wrong?

I've been using the UpToDate mobile app, and now it's asking me to authenticate. How do I do this?

How do I access items in your Ontario Historical Education collection?

I'd like some help with using EndNote.

Is there an easy way for me to authenticate as a U of T user while I'm researching off-campus?

How do I find an article by title in LibrarySearch?

What happened to Article Search?

Can I pay my overdue fines online?

How do I find a journal by title in LibrarySearch?

How can I connect Google Scholar to the library's resources?

How do I find a book by its title in LibrarySearch?

How do I find books by author in LibrarySearch?

Can I print or share an e-resource (i.e., use the licensed content) that I find in LibrarySearch?

Does the library have my textbook?

ACORN says that I have a "financial hold" coming from the library. What do I do?

What is a call number?

Do you have any online dictionaries?

How can I see what items are checked out to me in LibrarySearch?

I am a Continuing Education student. How can I get library access?

How do I create an account in Covidence?

How can I get help with Covidence?

How much does it cost to print?

Can I use LibrarySearch to create citations for books and articles that I find?

How do I use the Boolean search option in LibrarySearch?

How is this new search different from the previous search?

Can I use LibrarySearch to find articles in a specific journal?

How can I use subject headings to improve my searching?

How do I get a permanent link for a book or article in LibrarySearch?

What is the dollar amount of fines that will block my borrowing privileges?

What is a PMID?

How can I create a permanent link to an article?

Where are your government documents and publications?

What does "stacks" mean?

How can I access resources from off campus?

How do I request an item from another campus?

Is it possible to have St. George materials sent to the University of Toronto Mississauga or University of Toronto Scarborough campus for pick up?

I am a current student, but I am having trouble logging into the online resources. Can you help?

Can I return an University of Toronto library book to another Ontario university library?

What does in transit mean?

Can I return books to a different library from the one I borrowed the books from?

What happened to the Classic Catalogue?