HIST 12A: Civilization and the City (Gudgeirsson): Finding Books

Because this is an online class and you don't have access to the SCU physical library this quarter, you should concentrate on finding e-books only.  Here's how to do it.  Go to the library home page (www.scu.edu/library).   Click on the "Streaming Videos/eBooks" tab at the top.  In the e-Books search box, enter keywords describing your topic.  For example:

A few tips:

• To access the full text of the eBooks, just click on the link in the record.  
• Remember that you can look for the history of specific cities, or you can search by more general topics, such as "race and cities", or "suburbanization", for example.
• When you find a book that sounds promising, go through the table of contents carefully to select the most relevant chapters for your topic.