HIST 208 World History since 1500: Books and Media

If you are unable to locate the resource you need through MeLCat, there are other catalogs you can use to order books and media.

Example searches:

Atlantic Slave Trade (keyword)

slave trade (genre: sources)

Industrial revolution -- Great Britain (Subject Heading)

Child labor -- Great Britain -- History (Subject Heading)

Children -- Great Britain -- Social conditions (Subject Heading)

Faith and reason -- History (Subject Heading)

Searching Tips

• Try different groups of keywords to see what different kinds of results you get
• From the results, click on a title that looks interesting; your search terms will show up in red.
• Look for Subject headings in the record that match your topic and try searching under these as a subject search.
• If you click on one of the subject headings links in a record, it will bring up a list of similar subjects that might also be helpful.
• Not finding many books on your topic? After trying a search, look for the     button to do the same search in WorldCat, a shared catalog of libraries around the world. We can order many of these items for you through InterLibrary Loan.