Books - HIS 129 - Caribbean History - Dr. Christolyn Williams - Harold L. Drimmer Library Research Guides at Westchester Community College Library

Finding Books on History

Go to the Library Home Page and use the "Everything" Search Box to find Books, EBooks, Journal Titles or DVDs in the library.

Conduct a Keyword search. Enter a keyword from your subject or research question. Some example searches:

I am writing about...	Keywords
Period in history	Colonial Pre-Columbian Spanish, Dutch, French, British, American + [Name of the country or region in time]
An historical figure	Toussaint Louverture Oliver Cromwell
A place or event	Sugar revolutions Banana wars Moncada Barracks
A pairing of ideas	religion New World Carribean imperialism Labor movement Antigua Anti-slavery movements

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Library of Congress Call Numbers for HISTORY (All of these sections are located on the 3rd floor of the library)

Class F
1-975	United States local history
1001-1145.2	British America (including Canada)
Dutch America Dutch America Colony in Brazil, 1625-1661, see F2532 Dutch Guinea, see F2401+ Dutch West Indies, see F2141 New Netherlands to 1664, see F122.1 New Sweden (Dutch possession, 1655-1664), see F167
1170	French America
1201-3799	Latin America. Spanish America