How to place an ILL Request
- InterLibrary Loan (ILL)InterLibrary Loan (ILL) is a service that allows Carleton students, staff, and faculty to request items that Carleton and St. Olaf do not own from other libraries. NOTE: Items can take from 2 days to 2 weeks to arrive.
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Need to get ideas out of your head?
- Read & Write plugin!Read&Write is a powerful literacy software to help with reading, writing, and studying. It is available for download by anyone with a Carleton email account. The software works with Mac, PC, and Chromebooks.
Reference: pointers elsewhere
Encyclopedia of American Environmental History by Call Number: REF GE150 .E53 2011 & ONLINEPublication Date: 2010-11-01Availability and more information from Catalyst...
-Eight overview essays
-350 entries on a wide range of people, places, & concepts
-Four volumes
A Companion to American Environmental History by Call Number: REF GE195 .C655 2010 and OnlineISBN: 9781405156653Publication Date: 2010-05-18Availability and more information from Catalyst...
-"State of the field" essays
-Substantial references
Guide to U. S. Environmental Policy by Call Number: ONLINEISBN: 1452270759Publication Date: 2014Provides the analytical connections showing readers how issues and actions are translated into public policies and persistent institutions for resolving or managing environmental conflict in the U.S.
Trace the scholarly conversation
- Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new window
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This is a key starting place for research in several different fields, providing bibliographies on current scholarship on topics from the social sciences and humanities.
- Google Scholar - Cited Reference Searching
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To see who has cited an article or book recently, search for the article or book in Google Scholar. Then click the "Cited by" link under the appropriate result. You can then search within the list of works that cited your original work. Sometimes you will find free PDFs by clicking on the "all x versions" links as well. Learn more!
- Web of Science This link opens in a new window
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A vast index of literature from the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Also offers cited reference searching to see who has cited a particular document. 1898 - current.
- Benedictow 2004 - Black Death - excerpts, annotatedRemember to read the text around the text: table of contents, footnotes, and bibliography. They'll tell you what that author things is important.
Vetting scholarship
In order to learn how well (or poorly) received a book or article was in the field, read reviews! You can also use reviews to discover new scholarship in the field. They can also point you at similar (or better) books or articles.
HINT: add the key words "review" or "review article" to your Catalyst search.
- American Historical ReviewThe official journal from the American Historical Association, published by Oxford University Press. Includes book reviews.
- Annual Reviews This link opens in a new window
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Articles in this collection offer comprehensive summaries of the state of research on topics from many disciplines in the sciences and social sciences, including Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science. Covers 1997 - current.
