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. They will be placed on hold for you at the Andrews Circulation 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. They will be placed on hold for you at the Andrews Circulation Desk.
History materials are found in the following areas of the library:
Woo Reference
Woo Main
Woo Oversize
Woo Periodicals
History materials will be in the C (Auxilary Sciences of History), D (World History), E & F (History of the Americas) classification areas. Follow the link to see a detailed outline.
NARROW YOUR TOPIC
Key Words
•Use AND between key words to narrow your topics
Example: Searching just BRAZIL will bring up all entries that contain BRAZIL.
Searching BRAZIL and MUSIC will bring up only those entries on BRAZIL that deal with MUSIC.
If you search BRAZIL and MUSIC and POLITICS, the results will bring up only those entries that deal with all three variables--BRAZIL, MUSIC, and POLITICS.
•Also, you can use * to allow for all extensions of a Key Word.
Example: BRAZIL* will bring up entries for BRAZIL, BRAZILIAN, BRAZILIANS
By FORMAT, LANGUAGE, LOCATION, DATE OF PUBLICATION
•In CONSORT you can go to the top tool bar to MODIFY SEARCH
•if you are only want INTERNET RESOURCES, click on that option in the COMPUTER FILE box
•look at other option boxes, to further refine your results by language or year of publication.
Books in the CONSORT and OhioLINK catalogs are assigned Library of Congress (LC)
Subject Headings. Here are some SAMPLE subject headings to consider for this course:
BRAZIL
BRAZIL--AGRICULTURE
BRAZIL--ART
BRAZIL--CHURCH AND STATE
BRAZIL--CIVIL RIGHTS
BRAZIL--CIVILIZATION
BRAZIL--COFFEE INDUSTRY
BRAZIL--COLLECTIVE MEMORY
BRAZIL--DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL
BRAZIL--ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
BRAZIL--EDUCATION
BRAZIL--HISTORY
BRAZIL--LITERATURE
BRAZIL--MUSIC
BRAZIL--POPULAR CULTURE
BRAZIL--POPULATION
BRAZIL--RELIGION
BRAZIL--SOCIAL CHANGE
BRAZIL--SOCIAL CONDITIONS
BRAZIL--SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS