When should I use books?
Books often provide:
- The history of a topic, background information, and/or context for a topic
- The "big picture"--offer more information about a topic than is possible in a journal article
Where can I search for books?
LibSearch
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Examples of Books in the BU Library
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America: The Last Best HopeCall Number: BU Library Main Collection 973 B472a 2006 Vol. 1-2 -
American Soul: Rediscovering the Wisdom of the FoundersCall Number: BU Library Main Collection 973 N375a 2003 -
Ark of the LibertiesCall Number: BU Library Main Collection 973 W641a 2008 -
Ethnic Dimension in American HistoryCall Number: BU Library Main Collection 305.800973 O526e 2010
Examples of eBooks Available via the BU Library
"Daily Life Through History" Series
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Daily Life During the Salem Witch TrialsCall Number: BU Library Main Collection 974.402 G677d 2012 -
Daily Life in Arthurian BritainCall Number: BU Library Main Collection 942.014 S5483d 2013 -
Daily Life in Chaucer's EnglandCall Number: BU Library Main Collection 821.1 C49zs -
Daily Life in Elizabethan EnglandCall Number: BU Library Main Collection 942.055 S617d -
Daily Life in the Colonial CityCall Number: BU Library Main Collection 973.2 K919d 2013 -
Daily Life in the Colonial CityCall Number: BU Library Main Collection 973.2 K919d 2013
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Daily Life in the Inca EmpireCall Number: BU Library Main Collection 985.01 M259 2008 -
Daily Life in the United States, 1960-1990: Decades of DiscordCall Number: BU Library Main Collection 973.92 M388d -
Daily Life in Victorian EnglandCall Number: BU Library Main Collection 942.081 M682d -
Daily Life of the Ancient GreeksCall Number: BU Library Main Collection: 938 G2334d 2014 -
Daily Life of the Aztecs: People of the Sun and EarthCall Number: BU Library Main Collection 972.018 C313d 2008 -
Cooking in America, 1840-1945Call Number: BU Library Main Collection: 641.5973 M1631c 2006
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