Finding Information in the Library On American Presidents
Useful Reference Books:
Facts about the presidents : a compilation of biographical and historical
information. Joseph Nathan Kane. R 973 K16F
Dictionary of American history. Edited by J. T. Adams. R 973 D5541976
The Presidents, first ladies and vice presidents : White House biographies,
1789-1989. Daniel C. Diller, Stephen L. Robertson. R 973 D578P
Encyclopedia of American History. eEdited by Richard B. Morris and Jeffrey B. Morris.R 973 E561996
Finding Books on American Presidents
Use I-Share Online to find books held in the Elmhurst College library as well as books owned by 65 other Illinois libraries.
- Quick Searches
- A good way to start looking for books.
- You can either look for particular items (such as a particular title), or you can do keyword searching.
- Use the main words describing your topic.
- For example, to find books about presidents, type the word presidents (with or without capitals).
- The word presidents can be anywhere in the description of the item, like the name of the publisher.
- Doing Subject Searches
- A more precise way of searching.
- I-Share Online uses Library of Congress Subject Headings (or LC subject headings) to arrange and organize information.
- Subject headings are very specific; you can guess what they might be, but you can't make them up.
- Some examples of subject headings:
- Washington, George
- Presidents--United States--Biography
- United States--Politics and government--1909-1913
- Some tips for subject searching:
- Names have to be in Last name, First name order (Washington, George--not George Washington).
- Try words like: biography, election, White House, policy, etc.
- If one set of words isn't working try another!
- Guided Keyword Searches
- Allow you more flexibility.
- Click the appropriate tab, and fill in the blanks as desired.
- You can change your searching options to look for either some or all of the words you've typed in, and to look in different areas of the item's catalog record.
- For example, select all of these and type Richard Nixon campaign .
Remember that if we do not have a book you need here in the EC library, it can take up to 10 days to get it through InterLibrary Loan. Plan ahead!
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