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AP European History: Early Modern Europe, 1650—1800: Books / eBooks

Secondary Sources: Books / Ebooks will have more specific information about your topic.

 

Books (also called Monographs) and journal articles are examples of Secondary Sources.

  • Secondary sources are written by scholars and present a new interpretation or thesis based upon a synthesis of primary sources,
    scholarly journal articles, and other secondary sources.

  • Sometimes there will be an entire book, sometimes you may have to assemble information from multiple monographs.

  • Secondary sources usually have a bibliography of materials for further study, including primary sources, journal articles and books.

RhinoCat is the Library's automated catalog of books, ebooks, and other library materials.

A keyword search using a broad term will yield the most hits. 

  • When you identify a book that looks useful, click on the book title to open the book's full record. 
    • Scroll down to Subject(s): and click on a subject heading to find other books with the same subject headings.
    • Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on Browse shelf to see books that sit to the left and right on the shelf.

 

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