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.
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Key Words
•Use AND between key words to narrow your topics
Example: Searching just ABORTION will bring up all entries that contain ABORTION.
Searching ABORTION and MEXICO will bring up only those entries on ABORTION that deal with MEXICO.
so, you can use * to allow for all extensions of a Key Word.
Example: MEXIC* will bring up entries for MEXICAN, MEXICANS, MEXICO
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 or, for INTERNET RESOURCES held by Wooster go to the location box and click on WOO Online
•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:
CENTRAL AMERICA
CENTRAL AMERICA--BOUNDARIES--NORTH AMERICA
CENTRAL AMERICA--BOUNDARIES--SOUTH AMERICA
CENTRAL AMERICA--CIVILIZATION
CENTRAL AMERICA--DEMOCRACY
CENTRAL AMERICA--DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL
CENTRAL AMERICA--ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
CENTRAL AMERICA--FOREIGN RELATIONS--UNITED STATES
CENTRAL AMERICA--HISTORY
CENTRAL AMERICA--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
CENTRAL AMERICA--SOCIAL CONDITIONS
CENTRAL AMERICA--SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS
LATIN AMERICA--CIVILIZATION
LATIN AMERICA--DEMOCRACY
LATIN AMERICA--DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL
LATIN AMERICA--ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
LATIN AMERICA--FOREIGN RELATIONS--UNITED STATES
LATIN AMERICA--HISTORY
LATIN AMERICA--INTELLECTUAL LIFE
LATIN AMERICA--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
LATIN AMERICA--SOCIAL CONDITIONS
LATIN AMERICA--SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS
SPAIN--CIVILIZATION
SPAIN--DEMOCRACY
SPAIN--DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL
SPAIN--ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
SPAIN--FOREIGN RELATIONS--UNITED STATES
SPAIN--HISTORY
SPAIN--INTELLECTUAL LIFE
SPAIN--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
SPAIN--SOCIAL CONDITIONS
SPAIN--SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS
UNITED STATES--FOREIGN RELATIONS--LATIN AMERICA
[NAMES OF INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES]