Locating Books on My Topic

After narrowing down my topic I chose to research homeless adults in Minnesota. To start, I am going to study general background information. As I develop a greater understanding for the topic I will search for more specific information.

This is the search string that I used when looking for my book:
1. I went to the library homepage and chose to do an advanced search
2. I chose English for my language, then for format I chose book and electronic book
3. I searched homeless & Minnesota & adults and no  results were found
4. I then went on to search homeless & Minnesota. I initially found only books from the late 80s, I then sorted by date but all the books were very in depth information
5. Lastly I just searched homeless, sorted by date and found a wide variety of options


The following are the steps I took to find the book I decided to get:
1. I wrote down the call number
2. Wrote down the location
3. Went to the Miller Center to find the book


I was very successful and found the book on my first try without any help. I did not find any electronic books available on my topic. I would be interested in using one though because I have a smartphone and an iPad.


When searching system the Great River Regional Library I had some difficulty. I just did a basic search and typed in "homeless". A lot of the books that were found were not very related to my search. I like using the Miller Center website much better.