Try a keyword search. Once you find a book that's relevant to your topic, click on the title and look for Subjects in the record of that book to help you find "more like this."
Sample keyword search for
leads to linked subject terms and more books related to this topic:
Not finding enough, or an item checked out? Search WorldCat Discovery and request a copy.
You can also search the full text of millions of books in Google Books and then use Interlibrary Loan/WorldCat to get the whole book.
**Here's a little trick! Find the specific area in the library where your topic would be found. If there are not enough books in that area to satisfy you, MOVE TO THE LEFT. Classification systems in the library move to the right from the general to the more specific. If you move to the left, you will move UP in the hierarchy to the more general discipline out of which your topic lives.**
Quick Guide to Clapp Library Locations
Call # / Location | |
Call Numbers A-DZ Knapp Multimedia Ctr Computer Classroom |
First Floor |
Computing Help Desk Research Help Desk Reference Books Science Collection Documents Reserves |
Second Floor |
Call Numbers E-PM PLTC |
Third Floor |
Call Numbers PN-Z Archives Special Collections Book Arts Lab |
Fourth Floor |
E-Books
Print Books
You may be able to get some scanned chapters of these books through Interlibrary Loan.