Use the following online reference sources for preliminary research as you're trying to learn about your topic. You can also find further sources of information here. These should not, however, be considered scholarly sources or be cited as such in your research paper.
Libraries are working to digitize older materials to make them more easily available. (Items must be out of copyright, so generally over 70 years old).These two sites are great places to look for historical works:
When looking specifically for bound, paper books it is sometimes easier to use the library catalog.
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This also allows you to discover books you can easily request from other libraries. See more information below, under "I-Share."
Need more than what you found at Parkland? I-Share can help! I-Share is a network of over 90 college, university and research libraries in Illinois that lend books to each other. Use your Parkland username and password to request books!
Browsing Hint: General books on Western Civilization can be found on the shelf starting with call number CB245.
Search Strategies:
When you find a book in the Catalog that you like:
Now you're ready to go to the shelves to find your books. Books on on the second floor of the library. When you find a book on the shelf that seems useful to your topic, look around it for other possible resources
Books in the main stacks can be checked out for four weeks. Take your books to the Main Desk--you must have your Parkland ID!