Books - HIST 490 - Senior Seminar - LibGuides at DePauw University Libraries

Finding Books using WorldCat Discovery

When you find a record for a print book owned by DePauw Libraries, there will be a call number to tell you where to look for the book. Any books in the Roy O. West Library General Collection will be located in the following places:

Call numbers beginning with A-G: Lower level in the compact shelving room
Call numbers beginning with H-K: Second floor (K books are in the overlook area of the Reading Room)
Call numbers beginning with L-Z: Third floor

If you find a book of interest that we don't own, you can use the blue "Request Item" button you see in the WorldCat Discovery record.

This will initiate an interlibrary loan request. We'll find another library that has a copy and get them to send it to DePauw. You'll probably be able to pick it up in 7-10 days.

HathiTrust

HathiTrust This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? You need digitized access to books and journals otherwise not available electronically.
- What's included? Full-text access and downloading is available for materials published before 1923, including: US federal government documents; works still protected by copyright, but made available to HathiTrust with the permission of the copyright holder.

Dissertations

Dissertations: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? You want to read graduate student dissertations and theses on a topic - often giving you extensive bibliographies, and occasionally cutting edge research on new topics.
- What's included? Index of doctoral dissertations and some master's theses from most North American and many European colleges and universities. Starts in 1743. Full text is available for over 1 million, mostly since 1996.