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History Resources

New Books

Media Technologies and the Digital Humanities in Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Holding Their Breath: How the Allies Confronted the Threat of Chemical Warfare in World War II
Heimat and Migration: Reimagining the Regional and the Global in the Twenty-First Century
Caribbean American Narratives of Belonging
Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance
The Constitution's Penman: Gouverneur Morris and the Creation of America's Basic Charter
Indigenous Memory, Urban Reality: Stories of American Indian Relocation and Reclamation
The Great New York Fire Of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution
No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era
Singular Pasts: The

Finding Books and Using the Snowden Online Catalog

The Library of Congress (LC) classification (the system Snowden Library uses to organize books) for history begins with the letter D. The general categories for history are:​

  • D = World History and History of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, etc.
  • E-F = History of the Americas
    • Subclass E = America and the United States
    • Subclass F = United States local history, British America (including Canada), Dutch America, French America, and Latin America

You can find these general categories on the 3rd floor of Snowden Library. You may want to browse the shelf where books on your subject are located to see what is available. For more targeted searching, use the search boxes below.

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WorldCat

Don't see what you need at Snowden? You can search for books available at other libraries that you can request via InterLibrary Loan using

E-Z Borrow

If you know a book title you want, you can also use E-Z Borrow to order it from other libraries in or near Pennsylvania.