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PHIL 338: Who Owns the Past?: Find Books

Finding E-Books

Watch this short video to learn how to find books on SuperSearch!  Keep in mind: JSTOR is also a great place to find book chapters on your paper topic.

 

Search the Library Catalog

Catalog search tips

Tips for keyword searches:

Use and to combine terms in your search | african and philosophy

Use or to expand results | law or legal

Use * to find variant endings, or as a wild card | wom*n   philosoph*

Use " " to search words as a phrase | "free will"

For works by a philosopher, do an author search

For critical works about a philosopher, do a subject search

Borrowing from Elsewhere

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Can't find what you're looking for at Wellesley?

Use WorldCat Discovery to search and request directly from libraries worldwide via Interlibrary Loan.

Questions? Interlibrary Loan Guide

Covid 19 Update

At this time we are only able to try and fill loan requests (for physical items) for faculty and staff.

If you would like to make a request for an e-book, please contact acquisitions@wellesley.edu 
If you only need a limited number of chapters from a book, please try placing a book chapter request for each chapter needed and we'll try to get them electronically (in accordance with copyright law).
If this is for a class, please check with your instructor who may have already requested the resource for you. If not, please contact acquisitions@wellesley.edu.