F&M College Library

AMS 489: Senior Seminar

Discovering and Accessing Primary Source Materials @ F&M and Beyond

To discover primary source materials @ F&M and Beyond:​

1. Start at the F&M College Library web site: library.fandm.edu

2. Click on Advanced Search.

3. In the box labeled Keyword, type in your Search Term(s) 

4. Next steps:

  • Use the operator AND
  • Change the Search Index to: Subject
  • Copy-and-paste the following search statement with into the Search Term box:

(documents OR interviews OR correspondence OR letters OR speeches OR diaries OR narratives OR sources OR collections OR memoir OR ethnog* OR oral)

5. Under the Search Tools, select Source Type: Book

6. Search!

7. Now filter/refine your search by:  Sort: Best Match

Now, assess your results.  If you would like to see what is available beyond F&M, filter/refine your search by:

  • Library: Libraries Worldwide
     
    • NOTE: we can borrow print books from other libraries via EZ Borrow, but not ebooks!  It is possible to request chapters from ebooks -- use the Interlibrary Loan service to do that!

Discovering and Accessing Newspapers & Magazines/Popular Periodicals

Discovering and Accessing Historical Newspapers & Magazines/Popular Periodicals

EZBorrow (EZB)/Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

Use EZBorrow (EZB)/Interlibrary Loan (ILL) to request articles, book chapters, books, and other materials not available at F&M.

EZBorrow (EZB)/Interlibrary Loan (ILL) for Books via DISCOVER

If you find a print book in DISCOVER to which we do not have immediate access, click on the button in DISCOVER to request the book from another library.

Request from Libraries Worldwide

 Request from 
 another library 

AMS 489 Librarian

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Lisa Stillwell
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Contact:
Shadek-Fackenthal Library #204
717-358-3844
lisa.stillwell@fandm.edu