Librarian
How do I locate Books?
- Catalog (Penn State University Libraries catalog) This link opens in a new windowfind books, videos, maps, music, microfilm titles, and other formats in the University Libraries' collections.
NOTE: you will not find articles from newspapers, magazines, or journals in The CAT. - LionSearch This link opens in a new windowan integrated search of books, e-books, research articles, newspaper articles, and other publications.
- Environmental History Network for the Middle AgesA list of scholarly books and artcles specifically on medieval environmental history with some coverage of the early modern period.
- Environmental History BibliographiesA useful list of books and articles with a focus on European history
Europe 1450-1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World by ISBN: 0684314231Publication Date: 2004Contains numerous relevant articles, such as those on “Nature,” “Environment,” “Forests and Woodlands,” “Agriculture,” “Enclosure,” “Natural History,” and “Weather and Climate.” Articles are several pages each in length and contain references for further research at the end
Encyclopedia of World Environmental History by ISBN: 0415937329Publication Date: 2003Essays written by international experts on the relationship between man and nature.
- Books Not at Penn StateBorrowing books not in Penn States Collection
A note about Subject Headings
Most library catalogs and some other library database use subject headigns from the Library of Congress. Becoming familiar with the relevant terms will improve your catalog searches, for example, "Human Ecology History" is the main "environmental history" subject heading (there is no "environmental history" subject heading in the library catalog, though some books will come up when you search on it). Be sure to look at the subject headings for any books you find to get ideas for other terms to use.
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