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 MASCOT will bring up all entries that contain MASCOT.
Searching MASCOT AND SPORTS will bring up only those entries on MASCOT that deal with SPORTS.
If you search MASCOT and SPORTS and NATIVE AMERICANS, the results will bring up only those entries that deal with all three variables--MASCOTS, SPORTS, and NATIVE AMERICANS.
•Also, you can use * to allow for all extensions of a Key Word.
Example: MASCOT* to bring up MASCOT or MASCOTS
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 subject headings to consider for this course.
For Research on mascots:
INDIANS AS MASCOTS
MASCOTS
SPORTS TEAM MASCOTS
For Reseach on Scotland:
NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS, SCOTTISH
NATIONALISM--SCOTLAND
SCOTLAND--CIVILIZATION
SCOTLAND--HISTORY
SCOTLAND--IN POPULAR CULTURE
SCOTLAND--IN MOTION PICTURES
SCOTLAND--SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS
For Research on The College of Wooster History:
COLLEGE OF WOOSTER
COLLEGE OF WOOSTER--HISTORY