LibGuides: HIST 3103: Latin America Before Independence: Books

Start Here To Search for Books

When you know the title of the item you are seeking, the first step is to search by title in an online catalog.

BGSU Libraries Catalog
Indexes books, magazines and journals, videos, music, and electronic resources that are owned by BGSU.
OhioLINK Central Catalog
If BGSU doesn't own the book, try the OhioLINK Central Catalog. It contains the holdings of the libraries at more than 80 colleges and universities throughout Ohio. You can request OhioLINK books online and have them delivered in 2-4 days.
WorldCat
WorldCat is a database of the holdings of many libraries throughout North American and some other countries. If you identify a publication you want to borrow, you can use your Interlibrary Loan (ILL) account to request it.

Searching for E-Books

The library provides access to more than 55,000 books from a variety of sources. For information about ebooks, see the online guide to Ebooks.

Finding Books That Include Primary Sources

One way to identify books that are primary sources is to look for books written by people who were involved in the event or activity you are researching. When you look at secondary sources, write down the names of people and then look for them as authors.

In the BGSU Libraries Catalog, the OhioLINK Central Catalog, and WorldCat, books that have been assigned subjects with the subheadings in the list below might be primary sources. However, don’t expect that a book that includes primary sources will always include one of these words or phrases in a subject heading. Also, these subheadings are not used in other databases.

--Diaries

--Correspondence

--Biography

--Sources

--Anecdotes

--Personal narratives

--Interviews

Examples:

Spies -- Mexico -- Biography

Revolutionaries -- Bolivia -- Diaries

Latin America -- Foreign Relations -- United States -- Sources

Latin America -- History -- 20th Century -- Sources