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History

Use this guide to get started researching history topics.

Use as a source

The books and eBook databases below can offer a wealth of information on many topics. Please be sure that your instructor will accept a book (and/or eBook) as a source if plan on using one as a source in a paper and/or project.  You can use books to get more familiar with your topic and find keywords to use in searching other databases.

Books

Books on the topic of History can be found in the sections listed below within the library stacks.

Remember you might have to look at other areas depending on your topic (example, if you topic is about education in this subject area then you might look in the education/teaching section).

Find Books using Library Catalog, the catalog under the left menu, and the catalog link on the top of the page. (Login using your TTC login.)

 

Sections

D - DX   World History and History of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, etc.

D - DR  Europe

DA  Britain

DK  Russian

DS  Asia

DT  Africa

E 11-143 America

E 151-909 United States

F 1-975 United States local history

F 1001-1145.2 British America (including Canada) Dutch America

F 1170 French America

F 1201-3799 Latin America. Spanish America 

eBooks

Reference Databases