Library Guides

Mapúa Library One Search

All library users are assigned their individual library accounts. This serves as an online version of their library cards with additional features.

My Library Account provides access to the following:

View existing borrowed books or items from the Mapúa University libraries
Allow online renewal of borrowed items (library policies on borrowing and renewal applies)
Reservations/Holds of library items (books, multimedia materials, theses, etc.)
Create search lists and saved lists. Search lists can be converted into a printable bibliographic list

To access, visit: Mapúa Library One Search and select the My Library Account button.

You will be prompted with a login page. The default Patron/Alternative ID Number is your Student/ Employee/ Faculty ID Number, and the PIN is the last 4 digits.

For questions and concerns regarding accessing your My Library Account you may e-mail us at library@mapua.edu.ph or you can reach us thru local 42140 or 4200.

There are two ways to perform searching using Mapúa Library One Search: Basic Search and Advanced Search.

Basic Search

You can perform a Basic Search thru the search box from the Mapúa Library Website

or you may go directly to: Mapúa Library One Search

Key-in any keyword into the search box, you can also narrow your search to the suggested options

Search ALL is the default, you may opt to search for items under the Library Holdings (Printed/Physical) or Online Resources. The All option displays all related resources available from both Library Holdings and Online Resource. The Library Holdings option searches all items from the collections of Mapúa Library Department only. Online Resources option displays related scholarly resources both from the collections of Mapúa Library and from Open Access contents.

Advanced Search

The advanced search allows you to specify the details of your search, i.e. field, material type, language, publication year, etc. Add New Line feature allows the user to add other search details, you can add up to 7 lines in one search.
- Boolean Searching
  
  Searching can be filtered using the BOOLEAN OPERATORS/COMMAND
  
  OR Command is used to expand by including synonyms
  Example: Wastewater OR Sewage
  Will display materials related to both wastewater and sewage
  
  AND Command is used to narrow search results
  Example: Wastewater AND Treatment
  Will display all items related to wastewater treatment only.
  
  NOT Command is used to exclude unwanted records from the search results
  Example: Wastewater NOT treatment
  Will display all items about wastewater except those covering wastewater treatment