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GIST/HIST 3020: Interdisciplinary Research Methods: HamCAT for Books & More

HamCat Search

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Examples of Library of Congress (LC) Subjects

Countries
  (e.g., Great Britain -- History)
Events
  (e.g., Depressions -- 1929)
Names
  (e.g., Stanton, Elizabeth Cady)
Time periods
  (e.g., Eighteenth century;
   Renaissance)

For methods use:
Historiography
History -- Methodology
Medical sciences -- Research
Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology
Social surveys -- Methodology
Qualitative research -- Methodology
Quantitative research

For primary resources try the following subdivisions:
correspondence
diaries
interviews
personal narratives
sources

HamCAT

HamCAT is Bush Library's catalog and discovery tool. Hamline and HamCAT are part of the MnPALS library consortium.

Use HamCAT to search for books, DVDs and streaming videos, and journals available at Hamline University and/or the other MnPALS Partner Libraries. You can use the "request" feature in HamCAT to get materials from other MnPALS Partner Libraries delivered to Bush Library for pick-up.

- Search by keyword or Library of Congress (LC) subject headings (in the browse section) when you want to search by topic

- Search by title or author if you are searching for a known item (e.g., you are looking for a specific author or book)

MNCAT

MNCAT is the library catalog for the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campuses.

Gale Family Library at the MN Historical Society

Gale Family Library "Collecting since 1849, the Minnesota Historical Society Library is the world's premier library for research about Minnesota's people, places, history, and culture."

Information about WorldCat Local

The closest thing to searching all the libraries in the world in one search. Worldcat Local allows you to search more than 26,000 libraries and museums in over 85 countries. 

Items not available at Hamline can be requested via InterLibrary Loan.