Olympic College Library has a collection of of over 77,000 hardcopy books and around 7,000 ebooks. They can all be found by searching the Library Catalog. The ebooks are identified by the phrase "[electronic resource]" after the title in the bibliographic record. Click on the title and then on Open Electronic Book in the full record to access the full text of the ebook. This can be done both on and off campus.
O.C. Library shelves its hardcopy book collection by Dewey Decimal Classification number, which divides knowledge into ten broad categories. The numbers for history and geography are the 900s. The 900s are subdivided into ten subsections by large geographic or subject area and then subdivided further by region and country and then by historical period. The ten divisions of the 900s are:
900-909 General treatment of history & geography
910-919 Geography & travel
920-929 Biography (Most biographies in the O.C. Library are either shelved in a separate Biography section or with the subject for which the person is known, e.g., Rembrandt with art.)
930-939 History of ancient world
940-949 History of Europe
950-959 History of Asia
960-969 History of Africa
970-979 History of North America
980-989 History of South America
990-999 History of other areas
O.C. Library shelves its book collection in different areas based on such things as the purpose or use of the book. An encyclopedia on the Vietnam war would be shelfed in the Reference Collection and a journalistic account of the Vietnam war would be shelved in the Nonfiction Circulating Collection, but they would both have the same Dewey number.
The following is a list of some the books in the O.C. Library collection (both hard copy and electronic) that will help you develop the skills necessary to succeed in history courses.
901 Ar64h |
Arnold, John H. History: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Print. |
907.2 Be438s |
Benjamin, Jules R. A Student's Guide to History. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1975. Print. |
808.0669 Fe340r |
Felt, Thomas Edward. Researching, Writing, and Publishing Local History. Nashville: American Association for State and Local History, 1976. Print. |
938.0072 Fi496a |
Finley, Moses I. Ancient History: Evidence and Models. New York: Viking, 1985. Print. |
907.2 Fr911L |
Frick, Elizabeth. Library Research Guide to History: Illustrated Search Strategy and Sources. Ann Arbor: Peirian Press, 1980. Print. |
907.2 Fu965m |
Furay, Conal. The Methods and Skills of History: A Practical Guide. Arlington Heights, IL: H. Davidson, 1988. Print. |
025.069 Hi629t Internet |
The History Highway: A 21st Century Guide to Internet Resources. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 2006. Web. |
907 Ma316n |
Manning, Patrick. Navigating World History: Historians Create a Global Past. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. Print. |
907.2 Mi625e |
Mills, Elizabeth. Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2007. Print. |
907.2 Pr926i |
Presnell, Jenny L. The Information-Literate Historian: A Guide to Research for History Students. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. Print. |
907.2 Wi729h |
Winks, Robin W. The Historian as Detective: Essays on Evidence. New York: Harper & Row, 1969. Print. |