Created by Iutta Waloschek . Educational use permitted. The Online Catalog Phebe , Bowdoin's online library catalog, is the primary means of access to the collections of the Bowdoin College libraries. The catalog contains bibliographic records for books, video recordings, CD-ROMs, periodicals and sound recordings.
Most research begins with a subject search.
This function is both very powerful and very flexible in an online catalog. The best results are still obtained through use of standardized subject headings found in the Library of Congress Subject Headings books. Subject headings are also often subdivided into more specific categories, such as by place or by subtopic. Searching by keyword also can yield useful results. When you find a relevant source, check the subject headings in the catalog record or any descriptors if the citation is from an index.