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ENGL 261: American Literature 1865-1914 (HC): Finding Books

English 261: American Literature, 1865-1914 (Stadler) Spring 2013

Finding Books

Use TRIPOD to find books and other material owned by the Tri-College libraries.

Use WorldCat to find books not held by the Tri-College libraries.

In order to find books in either catalog, conduct either a relevant:

Keyword Search:

E.g.,  (minstrel* OR blackface) AND ("united states" or america*)

genre* AND (nineteenth-century OR "nineteenth century" OR "19th century") AND (song OR lyric OR music) AND ("united states" OR   america*)

"motion pictures" (sort by oldest to newest; limited by subject "History")

(See the Search Tips tab for more information on how to construct keyword searches.)

Or Subject Search:

E.g.,   American literature 19th century

          Music 19th century History and criticism

 Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 Criticism and interpretation

 Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 (full list)

(Use the Browse Books & More link to find additional subject headings.)

Search Tripod

Selected Books