Use the Tripod Books and More catalog 
to look for relevant titles owned by Haverford, Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore.
The following subject 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.
Tripod For locating books, journals, and other materials held in the Tri-College libraries. Deliveries within the Trico usually arrive in one or two days. Use the "Request" button
Worldcat An important place to look for many materials not owned by the Tri-College Libraries. This combined library catalog contains more than 300 million records describing items owned by libraries around the world. Many of these items are available to you though interlibrary loan.
EZ Borrow and Interlibrary Loan Request items that are not available in Tripod on this page. Note that E-Z Borrow provides books in 3 to 5 days. For books not in E-Z Borrow, request though Interlibrary Loan (ILL). Again materials may arrive in as little as 3 days. For journal articles not in Tripod, request through Article Delivery. They will be sent to you by email.
Use TRIPOD BOOKS AND MORE to find books, journals (but not articles within them), and videos 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, search for topics in the following ways:
Keyword Search:
E.g., (ritual* OR religio*) AND anthropology [Use the asterisk to get root words with different endings- religion and religious. Use capitals for OR and AND to build subject groups]
"rite* of passage" [Put phrases in quotation marks to get results only with the words together]
(See the Search Tips tab for more information on how to construct keyword searches.)
Subject Search:
E.g., Rites and ceremonies
Religion and culture
(Use the Browse Books & More link to find additional subject headings.)
