History Guide

Use this page to find history books & ebooks at EMU. Start with Esearch to search by title or topic, explore our ebook collections, request items we don’t own from other libraries, and use the history call numbers to browse the shelves.

Use Esearch to find out if the Library has a specific title you want or what the Library has on a topic.

Does the library have a specific title?

1. Start at the Library homepage (emich.edu/library).
2. Type in the title of the book in quotes (for example, "the cambridge history of the first world war"). Hit your enter key or click on the magnifying glass to search.
3. If you retrieve a single result, there you go! But, if you retrieve a list of items, you need to refine your results.
   Look at the left hand side of the screen for the "Refine your search" options.
   Click on the box for "Library Catalog" to find print or ebook versions of the title.
   Click of the box for "Print Books" to find only print books,  or click on "eBooks" to limit your results to eBooks only.

What books are there on a topic?

1. Start at the Library homepage (emich.edu/library).
2. Type in keywords on your topic (medici women, for instance).   Hit your enter key or click on the magnifying glass to search.
3. Look at the left hand side of the screen for the "Refine your search" options.
   Click on the box for "Library Catalog" to find print or ebook versions of the title.
   Click of the box for "Print Books" to find only print books,  or click on "eBooks" to limit your results to eBooks only.

Enter topic keywords to search Esearch for books and ebooks. The results will open in a new window where you can refine using filters.

Other collections:

Books not owned by the EMU Library or EMU Library books already checked out can be borrowed from other libraries.

Requesting Books from Other Libraries

First, see if your book is available through MeLCat.

Then, if you cannot get the book through MeLCat, request it through ILLiad (our interlibrary loan service).