How to Search for Books in URsearch: Accessing 'An Alternative History of Cleveland'

Learn how to search for books like 'An Alternative History of Cleveland' using URsearch at Ursuline College Library. Find out how to access both physical and online copies, including step-by-step instructions for signing in and reading ebooks via EBSCOhost.

July 18, 2025 By Sharon Gravius

In this guide, we'll learn how to search for a book in URsearch, focusing on finding "The History of Cleveland." URsearch lets you look for materials from both the Ursuline College Library and OhioLINK, including books and articles.

We will also see how to access online versions of books, which may require signing in as an Ursuline user. This process can help you find and read ebooks, view tables of contents, and go directly to specific chapters.

Let's get started

We will search for a book in URsearch.

Go to URSearch

Step #2: Enter your search terms here. — Enter your search terms here.

I'm looking for the book The History of Cleveland in the URsearch search scope.

Step #3: Click on "History of cleveland" — Click on "History of cleveland"

Type "History of cleveland"

This scope lets you search for materials from the Ursuline College Library, OhioLINK, and articles. Here is a book we have: An Alternative History of Cleveland. You’ll see a link to both a physical copy and an online copy. Let's view the ebook.

Step #5: Click on "Available Online" — Click on "Available Online"

To access the online version, first sign in to verify your Ursuline user account.

Once signed in, you can click on either link.

Here we have two ways to access the ebook. Both options will lead you to the same ebook. We may have the ebook from different ebook vendors.

Step #8: Click on the first link. — Click on the first link.

This link takes us to a version of the book from EBSCOhost. Here, we can find information about the book. We can look at the table of contents or go directly to a specific chapter to start reading.

Go to ‪An Alternative History of Cleveland‬‎ - ‪Record details‬‎ - ‪EBSCOhost Research Databases‬‎

Step #11: If you have questions, reach out to one of our Librarians. Information can be found on Ursearc's home screen. — If you have questions, reach out to one of our Librarians. Information can be found on Ursearc's home screen.