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HIST/GIST 5950-1: Interdisciplinary Capstone: Chapters & Books

Library guide for History/Global Studies 5950

HamCat Search

HamCAT

 

About HamCAT

Information for HamCAT

  • use HamCAT to identify books and other library materials
     
  • search by keyword(s)
    (e.g., individual's names: Fidel Castro; events: Russian Revolution)
     
  • search by Library of Congress (LC) subject heading(s)
    (e.g., Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797; Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939
     
  • search by title or author if you are searching for a specific item
    (e.g., you are looking for a particular author)
     
  • HamCAT identifies (i.e., indexes) individual journal, magazine, and newspaper articles, if Bush Library has current full text access to the article. However, to get the fuller range of indexed articles on your topic, please also use our Journal/Article Databases.

Information about WorldCat

The closest thing to searching all the libraries in the world in one search. Worldcat allows you to search more than 26,000 libraries and museums in over 85 countries. WCL is customized to highlight items by location, so items in our region can be displayed first. 
Items not available at Hamline or from request in HamCAT can be requested by using our InterLibrary Loan service.