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Books and eBooks

Use the Classic Catalog for all print and electronic books in Farley Library. You can also find books through the Summon search, but note that the Classic Catalog searches books only.

Physical books can only be checked out at the Farley Library. If you are a distance learner, investigate your local public library's InterLibrary Loan service in order to have books to delivered to your location.
Early English books on microfilm
This guide has information on how to access books on microfilm included in Pollard & Redgrave and Wing's Short Title Catalogues.

EBSCO eBooks This link opens in a new window
E-books covering the topics of art, business and economics, education, literary criticism, medical, performing arts, philosophy, social science, technology and engineering, and more. See instructions for downloading EBSCO eBooks.
ProQuest eBooks This link opens in a new window
A collection of ebooks covering subjects such as Business, Medical Sciences, History, Economics, and other subjects.
Project MUSE eBooks This link opens in a new window
A collection of ebooks covering subjects in the humanities, arts and social sciences.
WorldCat This link opens in a new window
Worldwide catalog of books, journals, recordings, etc. held by member libraries of the Online Computing Library Center (OCLC). You can request any resource you find in WorldCat for free via InterLibrary Loan.

Browse Books By Call Number

Class D - History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania

D - History (General)
DA - Great Britain
DAW - Central Europe
DB - Austria. Liechtenstein. Hungary. Czechoslovakia
DC - France. Andorra. Monaco
DD - Germany
DE - Greco-Roman World
DF - Greece
DG - Italy. Malta
DH - Low Countries. Benelux Countries
DJ - Netherlands (Holland)
DJK - Eastern Europe (General)
DK - Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics - Poland
DL - Northern Europe. Scandinavia
DP - Spain - Portugal
DQ - Switzerland
DR - Balkan Peninsula
DS - History of Asia
DT - Africa
DU - Oceania (South Seas)
DX - Romanies

Class E-F - History of the Americas

E11-143 - America
E151-889 - United States
E895-904 - Twenty-first century
F1-975 - United States local history
F1001-1145.2 - British America (including Canada)
F1170 - French America
F1201-3799 - Latin America. Spanish America