Search the CONSORT CATALOG for items held by CONSORT Libraries. Consort is a shared catalog for the following schools: The College of Wooster, Denison University, Kenyon College, and Ohio Wesleyan University. You can request books held in other CONSORT libraries directly through the CONSORT system. These items take an average or 2-4 working days to be delivered to our library. You will receive a message on your @wooster.edu account to let you know when items have arrived. They will be placed on hold for you at the Gault Reserves Desk.
Search the OhioLINK CATALOG for items held by OhioLINK Libraries. You can request books held in other OhioLINK libraries directly through the OhioLINK system. These items take an average or 2-4 working days to be delivered to our library. You will receive a message on your @wooster.edu account to let you know when items have arrived. They will be placed on hold for you at the Gault Reserves Desk.
There are many print resources available in WOO MAIN that will be useful for researching topics in this course. One title that you may want to look at is Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer. If WOO's copy is checked out, you can check out a copy from OHIOLINK.
You can go to the shelf to find the book under the CALL NUMBER WOO MAIN CT9971.M35K73 1996 and other books on the same topic will be shelved in the same area.
Also, whenever you find a book on your topic, you may want to look at assigned subject headings. You may want to click on the subject heading ADVENTURE AND ADVENTURERS to see what books are available in Wooster or other CONSORT libraries. Remember, you can move your search to OHIOLINK to view titles available for request from schools outside of CONSORT libraries.
Some keywords to consider for this course:
•adventure*
•adventure* and travel
•discover* and exploration
•discover* and travel
•explorer*
•travel
Also, try these keywords with specific countries, continents, and geographic regions:
•adventure* and Alaska
•explorer* and New World
Books in the CONSORT and OhioLINK catalogs are assigned Library of Congress (LC)
Subject Headings. Here are some subject headings to consider for this course:
•DISCOVERIES IN GEOGRAPHY
•DISCOVERIES IN GEOGRAPHY--HISTORY
•EXPLORERS--BIOGRAPHY
•TRAVEL
•TRAVEL WRITING
