Research Guides: History: Finding Books

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Critical Insights
Call Number: Lancaster Main PS 228 .C55 C58 2017
The Impending Crisis
Call Number: Lancaster Main E 459 .P67 2011
Israel and Palestine
Call Number: Lancaster Main DS 119.76 .E395 2016
Jacob Green's Revolution
Call Number: Lancaster Main E 263 .N5 R64 2014
No End of Conflict
Call Number: Lancaster Main DS 119.76 .A44498 2016

Additional Databases for Electronic Books

America: History and Life with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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History Reference Center This link opens in a new window

Browsing Call Numbers

Each Branch library is arranged according the the Library of Congress Classification system. Once you know the general area where books on your topic are kept, it can be very effective to browse the shelves. How to read a call number

D History (General)
DA Great Britain
DAW Central Europe
DB Austria - Liechtenstein - Hungary - Czech & Slovakia
DC France - Andorra - Monaco
DD Germany
DE Greco-Roman World
DF Greece
DG Italy - Malta
DH Low Countries - Benelux Countries
DJ Netherlands (Holland)
DJK Eastern Europe (General)
DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics - Poland
DL Northern Europe. Scandinavia
DP Spain - Portugal
DQ Switzerland
DR Balkan Peninsula
DS Asia
DT Africa
DU Oceania (South Seas)
DX Romanies

E 11-143 America
E 151-904 United States

F 1-975 United States local history
F 1001-1145.2 British America (including Canada)
F 1201-3799 Latin America. Spanish America