Use the Tripod catalog for your home institution This link opens in a new window This link opens in a new window to look for all books (print and digital) owned by your college as well as the print titles at the other two schools.
The following searches are a sampling of possibilities. To find materials on a topic, try doing a keyword search in the Tripod Catalog to find relevant materials and then use the subject headings assigned to those titles to find more books. Note that all these searches are in the Books+Media channel. In examples #1 and 4 below, using keywords (rather than subjects) will pick up results from chapter titles.
"public space*" AND "18th century" [Keyword search]
(clothing OR dress OR fashion* OR costume*) AND france [Subjects] AND ("18th century" OR enlightenment) [Keyword]
(child* OR children OR mother*) [Subject] AND (foundling* OR adopt* OR abandon*) AND ("18th century" OR enlightenment) AND history [Keywords] This search includes articles
("free speech" OR "freedom of speech" OR censor* OR "civil rights") AND ("18th century" OR enlightenment) [Keywords] AND (france OR french) [Subject]
** Try opening a search above and replace one of the topics with your subject interest.
An important place to look for many materials not owned by the Tricollege Libraries. This combined library catalog contains more than 500 million title records owned by libraries around the world. Many of these items are available to you though interlibrary loan. Use the button to place requests.
Watteau, Francois Louis Joseph. Plate appearing in the Galerie des Modes, 1770s (?) (Source: Wikimedia Commons)