CLAS/HIST 215 The Roman World: Using PRIMO to find Books and Media (and articles?)

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

4th floor of the library

DE1-100 History of the Greco-Roman world

DG11-365 Ancient Italy. Rome to 476

Example searches:

Keyword Search:
Roman slave*

"Roman Empire" gender

"Roman Empire" women

Cicero Rome

Crassus

Crassus rom*

Roman Citizen*

Roman Frontier

Subject Search

Rome -- Civilization

Rome -- History

Rome -- Biography

Rome (Empire)

Rome -- Boundaries

Use either Advanced Search or the Search bar above to choose between searching options via keyword, subject, title, or author.

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 be highlighted
• 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.