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HIST 7630 - Historian's Craft: Find Books

The guide includes library and web-based information for graduate students enrolled in HIST 7630: Historian's Craft.

Search for Books

Can't find what you need?

  • To identify materials held at other USG Libraries, select "University System of Georgia" from the dropdown menu when searching the Catalog. Use our GIL Express service to have materials sent to you. 
     
  • To identify materials beyond our library, use the WorldCat Catalog and our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) services.

Why Books?

Books are the best source for in-depth information when you really need to know a subject in and out.

Typical books are structured in such a way as to lead you from little knowledge about a subject to a more thorough understanding; this cannot usually be said for web resources or articles. Scholarly articles are typically written by and for experts in a field and so cannot be easily understood by someone that is not familiar with the jargon. Web resources usually do not provide any in-depth examination of the information.

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Search the Library Catalog

To find books and other materials housed in the library, use the Library's catalog. The GIL-Find Catalog allows you to search for Books, eBooks, DVDs, and other materials housed in our libraries. 

Browse By Call Number

Books in the collection are arranged by subject area. Sometimes it can be useful to browse the collection for resources. Below the call numbers associated with History titles. Want to browse other call numbers? Visit LOC!  

D  - History (General)

D 501-680 World War I (1914-1918)

D 731-838 World War II (1939-1945)

D 839-860 Post-war History (19450- )

 

E 11-143 History of America

E 151-909 History of the United States

E 766-783 Wilson Administrations 1913-1921

E 806-812 Roosevelt Administrations 1933-1945

E 813-816 Truman Administration 1945-1953

E 35-837.7 Eisenhower Administration 1953-1962

F 1-975 United States (Local History)

F 101-1140 History of British America (Canada)

F 1201-3799 History of Latin America, Spanish America

Tips for Searching

Think of the best keywords to enter and be ready to change them as you pursue your topic. Try using a subject encyclopedia or dictionary for specialized terminology. Get ideas for new keywords by carefully examining the subject fields in your first results.

When you find a good book, you can also look at its subject headings in the catalog record. Follow these to list other items on that topic. Or, use the subject heading terms in a new keyword search. Examples of broad subject headings:

  • Georgia History Colonial period ca. 1600-1775
  • African Americans Georgia
  • Savannah (Ga.) History (or another city: Atlanta, for example)
  • Bulloch County (Ga.)
  • Georgia Genealogy
  • Georgia Census 

 

Subjects: History