History Guide

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.

Below are Esearch search boxes that have the refinements already part of the results.

The Esearch box below retrieve both print books and eBooks.

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).

Library books are arranged by subject. If you would like to browse the reference books on the entry level or the circulating books on the third level, the call number list below can guide you to the correct call numbers.

Many of our older books are in storage behind the circulation desk on the entry level. You will need to search Esearch to identify books in storage and request them.