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18th-Century Sources (Tri-Co): Finding Books

Finding Books

For books held in the Tri-College libraries, use TRIPOD Books & More to conduct either a relevant:

  • or Subject search (which searches subject headings assigned by the Library of Congress).

To find books not held in the Tri-College libraries, use WorldCat, which searches library catalogs from all over the United States and the world.

Some sample searches:

Keyword Search:

E.g.,    skepticism AND "english literature" AND ("18th century")

  wom?n AND "eighteenth-century europe"

  "john locke" AND revolution*

Subject Search:

E.g.,   Burney, Fanny, 1752-184—Criticism and interpretation

                   France History 1789–1793

 Caricature History 18th century

Finding Books

Selected Books on 18th-Century Literature and Culture