HY 347: The Holocaust: Finding Books and Articles

To find books and government documents in USA Libraries' collections, use SOUTHcat: USA Libraries' Catalog.

• Catalog tips and tricks:
  • Keyword searches – use quotation marks to hold phrases together ("nazi death camps")
  • Truncation – use ? after the root of a word to find all its variants (nazi? finds nazi, nazis, nazism...)
  • Browse the Subject(s) field in records to find the right words for searches. (Example: Try doing a keyword search for "concentration camps" then look at the subject(s) field in several records. You’ll see that the subject terms can vary from  "Concentration camps" to "World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Germany."  Click the subject heading to find more records with this subject.
• Revise and refine your searches.
• Watch for repeating call numbers and browse stacks in that area.
• Pay attention to the Location and Status fields. You will need this information to locate the item in the library. The Location field will also tell you whether or not a book can be checked out. A book that's shelved in Marx Library Reference cannot usually be checked out, while one in Marx Library Bookstacks can.

The Marx Library also has a special Holocaust collection, the Agnes Tennenbaum Holocaust Library Collection. These books can be found by searching Agnes Tennenbaum Holocaust Library Collection as a title in SOUTHcat. More on this collection and a complete title list can be found at http://libguides.southalabama.edu/agnestennenbaumholocaustcollection.

All of these ebook collections have a significant number of titles on the Holocaust.

You can use Google Scholar to find versions of articles that you can access for free. Google Scholar can tell you in the search results if you have access to an article through USA Libraries or if a free version of the article has been uploaded elsewhere to the internet.

Whenever you use Google Scholar, make sure to be logged into your JagMail account on that browser. Google Scholar will then understand that you have access to USA Libraries. 

In Google Scholar, you can search by author, article title, or subject. 

1. Search Google Scholar. Find an article in which you are interested.

2. Select the "Full-Text@USA" option below the article you want to read. You might need to click on the arrows to show this option. You may also see a PDF option to the side of the article's search result.

3. If you do not have the "Full-Text@USA" option, please make sure you are signed into your JagMail email on your browser. If you are signed into your JagMail, and you do not have a PDF option or a "Full-Text@USA" option, then you do not have access to that article through Google Scholar. You can still try to request access to the article through Interlibrary Loan.