Primary Sources
- European Library German PortalAccess to the collections of the 48 National Libraries of Europe and leading European Research Libraries.
- 100 Jahre 1. WeltkriegHundreds of thousands of rare records and images from World War I have been digitized and uploaded by the German government
- Deutsche Digitale BibliothekAccess to millions of books, archived items, images, sculptures, pieces of music and other sound documents, as well as films and scores, from all over Germany
Finding Books in Boatwright Library
To search for books in Boatwright, use the Books and More search . When dealing with a topic that can be used in many fields it is best to add a second word that describes your area of interest, for example, "Germany" and "history." When you have found one or two relevant books, examine their subjects headings to help guide further searching, Remember that books are generally on broad topics and that you are not searching the full text, only the titles, subject headings, and--if you're lucky--the table of contents. For narrower topics, search for journal articles in a journal database such as Academic Search Complete, or one of the others listed under the "Articles" tab.
Other Sources of Books
- WorldCat (FirstSearch) This link opens in a new windowSearch a catalog of library holdings from around the world. Find which libraries have copies of a certain book, DVD, or other material. The FirstSearch interface was designed more with librarians in mind. (OCLC)
- Google BooksThese are digitized books. Most have only a limited portion of their text online, but the full text is searchable and you may find the full text in the UR Library catalog
- Interlibrary LoanUse our interlibrary loan service to request books and articles not available at UR.
