Find Books and Articles

Basic Keyword Searches

chopin AND criticism
Use AND to connect words that must appear in a document. This *narrows* your search.
self OR identity
Use OR if only one word must appear in a document. This *broadens* your search.
interview*
Use an asterisk to truncate a word and allow for different endings, for example, interview, interviews, interviewee, interviewer, etc.
"a pair of silk stockings"
Use quotation marks to enclose a phrase or words that must appear together in a document.

Sherlock This link opens in a new window
Sherlock combines the Whitman Library Catalog, Summit and many of our electronic journal subscriptions into one searchable interface.

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Digitized newspapers from all over the country, predominitely covering 1860-1922 with titles from 1777-1963.
American Periodicals Series This link opens in a new window
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Periodicals published between 1740 and 1940, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines and many other historically-significant periodicals.

How to Find Books on the Shelf at Penrose
This guide covers the basics of Library of Congress call numbers and explains where to find different collections in the building.
Whitman Library Guides
Library Guides -- and Subject Guides in particular -- can help you choose databases that are relevant to a specific disciplinary approach. There is a Subject Guide that corresponds with each Whitman major.

Library Activity
Make a copy of this to fill out electronically during class OR get a paper version from Julie.
Reflection
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