Research Guides: CSTS 398 Senior Seminar (HC/BMC): Finding Books

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Finding Scholarly Studies in Books

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 below, using keywords (rather than subjects) will pick up results from chapter titles and descriptions.

(sexual* OR erotic*) [Title] AND (greek OR greece OR classical) [Keyword]

(sex* greece history ) [Subject search]

("same sex" OR homoerotic*) [Keyword] AND (greece OR greek OR classical) [Subject] (newest titles listed first)

(homosexual* OR "same sex" OR pederast*) [Keyword] AND (greek OR roman OR ancient) [Subject] (standard relevance ranking)

** Try opening a search above and replace one of the topics with your research interest.

Tripod Catalog
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The library catalog of Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges. Use Tripod to find relevant scholarship owned by the tri-college libraries. 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 the holdings of books, journals (but not journal articles), and other materials held by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries.
WorldCat is a key place to look for many materials not owned by the TriCollege Libraries. This combined library catalog contains more than 500 million records describing items owned by libraries around the world.
Important to use for finding online resources. Many of these are freely available and you can access them through links in WorldCat records.

Borrowing beyond the Tri-Co
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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.