F&M College Library

HIS/E&E 318: Environmental History of Latin America

Discovering and Accessing Books @ F&M and Beyond

Begin at the library web site: https://library.fandm.edu/

  1. Select: Advanced Search
  2. Note the Search Index options Keyword and Subject:
    1. For countries, commodities, long-established concepts/phenomena, use the Subject search index --
      1. Subject: peru
      2. Subject: cocaine
    2. For newer concepts/phenomena, or when you are uncertain of what the established subject language is, use the Keyword search index --
      1. Subject: peru
      2. Subject: cocaine
      3. Keyword: trade OR traffic*
  3. Use the search tools:
    1. Source Type: Book
    2. Language: ____
    3. Audience: Not Juvenile
    4. Content: NonFiction
    5. Library Location: Franklin and Marshall College
  4. Search!

To discover books held by other libraries, manage your search results:

  1. Change the Library Location filter to: Libraries Worldwise
  2. Confirm Source Type: Book -- then select: Print Book
  3. Sort by: Best Match

E-Z Borrow: Books

To request print books to which we do not have immediate access, use E-ZBorrow 

Interlibrary Loan/ILL: Articles and Books

To request articles or books/book chapters or other materials not available at F&M, use Interlibrary Loan/ILL