Library Catalog
Use this box to search the Geisel Library catalog for books and other materials in the library collection.
Use WorldCat to search the collections of libraries worldwide. If you find a book in this database that is not owned by Geisel Library, you can request it through Interlibrary Loan by clicking on the "Request via Interlibrary Loan" link in the book's catalog record.
Books are typically written well after the historical events they analyze, so they incorporate information that was unavailable to the writers of newspaper articles documenting an event as it unfolded. This may include the knowledge of subsequent events, declassified documents, or newly-discovered primary source materials (such as memos or diaries) that change the way historians view an event. As a result, books may offer a very different perspective than The Times (London) articles do. Additionally, book authors may exhibit different ideological inclinations than writers for the Times.
While Geisel Library has a number of books on European history we don't have everything. Please make sure to take advantage of Interlibrary Loan by searching WorldCat. If you find a book in WorldCat that you would like to use for your research you can request that it be sent to you via InterLibrary Loan.
Be aware that to get the most out of WorldCat you need to use it early on in the research process. Books are sent to you via the U.S. Post Service so you will need to allow extra time for the book to arrive.
To find relevant books, you will want to try a combination of Subject and Keyword searching. Start by conducting Keyword searches on the events, people, and places addressed in your newspaper articles. When you find a useful book, click on its subject headings to identify similar works. Here are some sample keyword searches:
If keyword searches didn't yield enough useful sources, try performing Subject searches. To start this process, run a Subject search on "XXX History" or "XXX Politics and Government", where XXX is the name of the country of interest. Most books about the country's history or politics during the relevant time period will cover the events or figures that you are researching. Examples of relevant subject headings for this project include the following:
Here are some recent books in the Geisel Library collection:
