HIS 384 History of the British Empire: Books

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Use the online catalog to locate books and multimedia in the Centre College library. You can search by author, title, keyword, or subject.

To search for a person, as AUTHOR or SUBJECT, search by name like so:

 

Oliver Cromwell

David Lloyd George

SUBJECT searching requires use of Library of Congress subject headings. Here are some example subject headings:

Note the numerous sub-headings when searching the history of a particular country. Many refer to specific time periods.

Great Britain--history--19th century

Great Britain—social movements--19th century

Great Britain, Historiography

USEFUL CALL NUMBERS:

Call numbers for history typically start with D, E or F

• DA1-995       History of Great Britain
  • DA10-18.2    British Empire
  • DA40-89.6    Political, military, naval, and Air Force history. Foreign Relations
  • DA700-745    Wales   
  • DA750-890   Scotland
  • DA900-955   Ireland