HIST 4972W - 19th Century Social History

• If looking for books about a person, use the person's name in a subject search - last name first:
  • X, Malcolm
  • Simone, Nina
• Names of political, social and religious organizations often have their own subject headings:
  • black panthers
  • african methodist episcopal church
  • brotherhood of sleeping car porters
  • alpha phi alpha fraternity
• Remember that you can limit searches to books published within a certain time period
• If a book is unavailable (either not owned or checked out) in the MU Libraries you can request it from another library via MOBIUS.
• You can also use MOBIUS to find books we don't own at MU, such as those held at religious colleges
   
• If a book is available in Worldcat but not MERLIN or MOBIUS, you can request it via ILL@MU.

In addition to the general search options on the library homepage, there are several specialized databases that may be useful.