Locating History Books
Search the CAT to look for books owned by the library. The CAT will tell you which books we own and where they are located.
Click here for an online guide to the CAT
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E-Books
- Evans Digital Edition, 1640-1800
- Early English Books Online (EEBO), 1475-1700
- Eighteenth Century Collection Online: Full texts and images of nearly 150,000 titles and editions printed in the British Isles and the Americas between 1701 and 1800, including materials in foreign languages as well as in English.
- Google Book Search
- Gutenberg-e
- History E-Book Project: Provides online full-text for over 800 works in history, selected for their importance to historical studies. Approximately 250 books each year will be added including some completely new electronic titles.
- Netlibrary: Provides access to a shared collection of electronic books, including many history titles.
Library Catalogs
- CIC University Libraries (Big Ten) (Search all the library catalogs of the Big Ten)
- OCLC WorldCat (40 million + records from library catalogs across the U.S. and selected international libraries)
- National Union Catalog, pre 1956 Imprints (Holdings of U.S. Libraries). Call # Z881.A1N2, Arts and Humanities Library, Pattee, 2nd Floor, Paterno Humanities Reading Room
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