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HIST 2900: The Historian's Craft

Library Search for Books

Use the Libraries' ADVANCED SEARCH to find books on your topic in the WMU collection.

If you already know the title or author, use the pull-down arrow to select Title or Author.

When looking for books by topic, enter your keyword(s) into the search boxes.

SEARCH TIP:  If you are using a phrase in your search, be sure and put it in quotation marks, e.g., "industrial revolution"

SEARCH TIP:  Use an asterisk  *  to pick up variant endings of a word, e.g., crusad* will retrieve crusade, crusades, crusaders, etc.

Oxford Bibliographies Online

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Use this database to find the best books and journal articles on topics in ancient history, the Middle Ages, the Reformation, the Renaissance, and the Atlantic world.

About Library of Congress Call Numbers

The WMU Libraries uses the Library of Congress (LC) classification for its books.  Because of its peculiarities, you can rarely search in just ONE place for books on your topic.  Use Library Search to identify books, and if you see a pattern emerging in call numbers, then you can go browse in that area in the stacks.  Most books on history are classified in the Ds, Es and Fs, located on the second floor of Waldo Library.

AHA Guide to Historical Literature

Explore Beyond WMU's Borders

Use MelCat and WorldCat to identify pertinent resources "out there" that are not owned by the WMU Libraries.  You can request items directly through MelCat and through Interlibrary Loan from WorldCat. We will borrow the book(s) from another library and the service is FREE to you.

Meet Your Librarian

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Carrie Leatherman
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Librarian:
Office: Waldo Library Room 1048 (First Floor)
Office Phone: (269) 387-5142