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American History to 1877: Find Books

Research Guide for students taking the class American History to 1877

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Start at the TCU library homepage, or use the search box above to type in your key words:

Screenshot of the search box on the library homepage with "FrogScholar" selected.

Once you get your results, select "Library Catalog" from the options on the left:

Shows "library catalog" selected from the options on the left side of the results page in FrogScholar.

Then narrow by the discipline, "history & archaeology" or choose another relevant disicpline:

Shows examples of disciplines under the "discipline" filter. Examples include "religion," "history & archaeology," and "languages & literatures."

To find books on your topic at TCU, start at the library homepage, and choose the third tab, "library catalog," type in a place, and add the word "history." For example:

  • American Revolution

Shows "Library Catalog" (the third tab) selected on the TCU Library homepage.

Then add in more specific ideas. For example:

  • American Revolution AND women

Also try searching for particular people, events, or more specific topics. For example:

  • George Washington

If you want to find books about a certain topic in a particular century, add that century into your search. For example: 

  • women AND history AND "18th Century" (use the quotes to keep "18th Century" together as a phrase)

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