Research Guides: Advanced Research Strategies (HC): Books

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Finding Scholarly Studies in Books

Use the Tripod catalogs This link opens in a new window This link opens in a new window to look for relevant books owned by Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and Swarthmore.

Limit your results to ONLINE in the availability filter in the upper left corner of the screen.

The following subject searches are a sampling of possibilities. To find materials on a topic, try doing a title search in the Tripod Catalog to find some relevant material and then use the subject headings assigned to those titles to find more books.

"natural history" AND "united states" [Subject] AND (women* OR gender*) [Keyword]

"women in science" [Subject] AND (18th OR 19th) [Keyword] Online only, newest titles first

(education OR seminary OR school*) AND (women* OR girl* OR gender*) AND "united states" AND 19th [Subject]

Tripod Catalog
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Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges each have their own Tripod catalog. Use Tripod to find relevant scholarship owned by your home library as well as print resources at the other two schools. To see digital material owned only by BMC, use the BMC Tripod link (tripod.brynmawr.edu). You will need to be on the BMC campus in order to access those digital resources.
Change the resource group on the search bar to limit results to specific materials like books and films.
Use the Request link in an item's record to have it delivered to the library of your choice . Note that you need to log into Tripod in order to see the Request link. If you are already in Tripod, use the Sign In link at the top of every page to log in.

WorldCat
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A catalog of books, journals, and other materials held by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries throughout the United States and in other countries. Has over 500 million titles.
Important for finding books, reports, films and other materials not available in Tripod. Use the orange Find It button to have titles sent to Haverford for you to use.
Also important for finding online resources. Many of these are freely available and you can access them through links in the WorldCat records. On the search results page, click on the link Internet, to see those titles that you may be able to access directly.

Borrowing beyond the Tri-Co
1. E-Z Borrow - Request books that are not available in Tripod. It usually takes three days or less for E-Z Borrow books to arrive.
2. Interlibrary Loan (ILL) - Request books not in E-Z Borrow. They can come in as little as four or five days. Also use ILL to request films, dissertations, sound recordings, and other materials.
3. Articles - Request journal articles not available in your college library. You will receive digital copies of the articles in your email sometimes as quickly as the following day.

Advanced Research Strategies (HC)

Library FAQ

Freely Available Resources for Research: Social Sciences A Selective Guide to Free Online Library Resources,

for Alumni and Members of the Public (UC Berkeley) - See linked pages for the Humanities and the Natural Sciences

Education: Open Access (Penn)

Commemorating LGBTQ Protest

Finding Scholarly Studies in Books