Latin American & Caribbean: Orientation  Tags: latin_america caribbean  

Finding books on a topic is easy with subject searching. Use the Catalog Quick Search. In the Search For box, type a suggested subject headings and choose the Subject option. Subject searches use Library of Congress subject headings and thus are always in English. For related subject terms, scroll through the list of results.

Suggested Subject Headings:

country--history

country--history--sources

For instance

Argentina--history--sources

Tip--to find subject headings, do a keyword search in the Catalog Quick Search using terms relating to your topic. Find a result that fit your research and consult the subject headings

The UIUC Library is organized by the Dewey Decimal System. Thus books on a particular subject are found in the same call number range and shelved together.

900 Geography and History

970 General history of North America, Central America, Mexico

980 General history of South America

981 General history of South America; Brazil

982 General history of South America; Argentina

983 General history of South America; Chile

984 General history of South America; Bolivia

985 General history of South America; Peru

986 General history of South America; Colombia & Ecuador

987 General history of South America; Venezuela

988 General history of South America; Guiana

989 General history of South America; Paraguay & Uruguay

How to find books tutorial

Finding books online

UPenn's Online Books

GoogleBooks

Step One: Online Library Catalog

Step Two: I-Share

Once you have verified that the book you are looking for is either not located in the catalog or all copies are checked out, you may search the I-Share catalog to see if one of the participating institutions has a copy for you to borrow. The process is the same for requesting a book in the I-Share catalog as it is for the Illinois catalog. Items typically arrive within 5-10 days and you will receive an email when the item is available for pick up.

What if my book is not available in I-Share?

Step Three: Interlibrary Loan

If the item is not available in the Illinois catalog and it is not available through I-Share, then your next stop will be Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery. First, keep your full citation handy -- you'll need it. Second, login to the ILLiad server using your NetID and password. From the ILLiad main menu, select "Request a Book." Be sure to fill out as much of the form as possible, including the source of your citation. This will ensure that ILL can place your request in a timely manner. You'll be notifed by email when your item is ready to be picked up.

Or

Order the item through World Cat UIUC. Just click on the Request a Loan button and login to ILLiad.

Make your life easier: use RefWorks! Refworks is an online database that let's you store bibliographic citations from library catalogs and databases, such as MLA, generate annotated bibliographies and citations in a wide range of citation styles and share bibliographies with classmates and colleagues through RefShare.