HIST 150C: WWII Britain: The People's War (Spring 2024)

Use our catalog to find books on your topic.  Remember that history is a monograph heavy field, so it's actually often easier to find books on your topics than articles.

Finding books works the same as finding articles. Pick a topic, identify keywords, and connect them with AND. 

Example: 

USE AND OR NOT

Be sure to use Caps for AND, OR, NOT when searching.

AND - searches for books and articles containing both terms. Example: Britain AND film

OR - searches for one of the words. Example: British OR Britain

NOT - exclude a term. Example:  Scotland NOT England

Parenthetical notes () - excellent for OR or NOT searches. Like a math equation, the database will do this part first.
Example: (British OR Britain) AND Film= search for British or English Laws.
Example: (England NOT London) AND Crime = search for crime in England, excluding London.

Quotation Marks ""- Links words together in the search. Works best for phrases or proper names.
Example: "World War II"
Example: "United Kingdom"
Warning: You might exclude results. A search for "Winston Churchill" will exclude all results for "Winston S. Churchill" 

Asterisk * - Allows you to search several word endings at once, without using OR.
Example: Brit* will give you Brits, Britain, Britannia, British
Warning: You may get unexpected results. Brit* will also yield Brittany, Britons, and Britches.

As discussed in the Finding Articles section, try the combination:
("world war II" OR "world war 2")
AND
(Britain OR British OR "united kingdom")
AND
YOUR TOPIC KEYWORD

Examples if my topics are  memory of the war, economic impact, depiction in literature,  I'd try the searches: