HIST 6000: Historical Methods and Research: What About Books?

Use a library catalog to find books by author, title, or subject. NOTE: Searching by SUBJECT requires an understanding of the Library of Congress Subject Headings.  It is often better to first search using KEYWORDS first and then narrow your search using the subject headings found in the catalog record of books that seem to be right on topic.

Book reviews can be useful to help you boil down or see the flaws in an author's argument. To locate book reviews, search for the title of the book in one of the research databases or full text journal collections on the Finding Articles tab of this guide.

The following LC classifications may be useful to know as you search for books on your topic:

• D: World History

• E: History of the United States (including ethnic groups)

• F: History of the Americas (includes Canada, Latin America, and the individual U.S. States)

• HN: Social History

• HQ: Family, Marriage, Women

• HS: Societies (Secret, Benevolent, etc.)

• HT: Commuties, Classes, and Races (includes slavery as an institution)

• HV: Social Pathologies and Social Welfare

• HX: Socialism, Communism, and Anarchism