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Catalog: (CCHS Library>Catalog)
Brainstorm possible keywords and search the catalog.
Non-fiction -circulating books in the "stacks" - find a shelf number for a book on your topic and browse for other books on your topic in the same area
Reference: Consult specialized encyclopedias for your topic or region. Use indexes - sometimes the index is in the last volume of a set.
eBooks - To search for eBooks only in the catalog, click on: "Search only Electronic Books". Note: not all eBooks are listed in the catalog. Those in the catalog will have "online" before their call number.
Sample Print Sources:
B HANNIBAL
Hannibal: Rome's worst nightmare Philip Brooks
941.081 DRA
For Queen and country: Britain in the Victorian age Margaret Drabble
ONLINE B LEONARDO
Leonardo da Vinci: artist, inventor, and Renaissance man Rachel Koestler-Grack
REF 947 ENC
Encyclopedia of Russian History James R Millar
eBooks (creeklibrary.org>Research Resources>eBooks)
When you are off campus, log in with username: creek and password: bear, for most databases.
Finding eBooks in the catalog - To search for just eBooks in the catalog, click on: "Search only Electronic Books". Note many, but not all, eBooks are listed in the catalog; call number will have "online" before the number.
EX: Search "World War" and check 'eBooks only': ONLINE 327.1273 JAN The dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to CIA moles (This is an Overdrive Book - log in with your student ID; Don't download Overdrive books onto school computers - use the "Read" option on school computer
Databases: (creeklibrary.org>Research Resources>Databases)
ABC-CLIO databases - search all databases, or select a specific database
For more in-depth articles try Academic Search Premier and JSTOR.
Websites
To get better Google search results, try typing site:edu or site: org + name of the topic
Examples: site: org "treaty of Versailles" ex: site: org Pompeii
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