Research Guides: HIST 120 Introduction to World History to 1500: Books

Other Catalogs

Michigan eLibrary (including MeLCat)
Subject: Interdisciplinary
Content/Description: Contains full-text articles, books, images, etc. and features an Inter-Library book loaning system with participating Michigan libraries.

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

WorldCat
Materials in U.S. and international libraries. These can be requested through InterLibrary Loan.

Herrick Library
The Holland public library is strong in more popular and local materials, so you may find resources there that we don't collect at Hope. Stop by the Van Wylen Circulation desk to learn how you can get a Herrick card to check out resources and access their digital collections.

Example searches:

Silk Road (keyword)

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.
See box below for more information on Subject Searches.
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.