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History Subject Guide: Books

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Can't find what you need? Try MOBIUS!


MOBIUS is a giant catalog, containing millions of items from over 70 libraries across the American Midwest. You can use MOBIUS to request books from other libraries-- they'll be sent to Smiley Memorial Library for you to pick up. Delivery usually takes 3-5 business days.

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Looking for eBooks or Audiobooks?

Borrow eBooks and audiobooks to your phone or CMU iPad using Libby. Go to libbyapp.com/library/mobius to set up your CMU access. Use the Libby app for iPad and iOS for the best experience. If we do not have a book you'd like on eBook or Audio, send us a quick note here.

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Check CMU Course Reserves

Smiley Memorial Library has a collection of textbooks set aside on course reserve. Visit Browse Course Reserves in the Smiley Memorial Library Catalog to check if one of your textbooks is available. Course reserves can be searched by course code, course name, instructor, or department. Please note that textbooks will only appear in the course reserve catalog during the semester the course is active. 

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Still Cannot Find What You Are Looking For?

If you cannot find the item you need in either our catalog or databases, you can place an InterLibrary Loan (ILL) request directly with the Library. Delivery of articles usually takes 3 business days; delivery of books usually takes at least 7 business days.

Featured Books

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Miracle at Philadelphia

On the course reserves shelf for HI117. Overnight checkout.

Give Me Liberty!

On the Course Reserves shelf for HI117. Overnight checkout.

Bloody Bill Anderson

On the Course Reserves shelf for HI117. Overnight checkout.

Walden and Civil Disobedience (Illustrated)

On the course reserve shelf for HI316. Overnight checkout.

The Search for the Manchurian Candidate

Call Number: JK468.I6 M4 1991

Silent Spring

Call Number: QH545.P4 C38 2002

Also available in eBook and audiobook format through Libby.

The Feminine Mystique

Call Number: HQ545.P4 C38 2002

Kill Anything That Moves

Call Number: DS559.2 .T87 2013

Acid Dreams

Call Number: HV5822.L9 L45 1992

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

Also available in audiobook format from Libby.

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The Quiet American

Libby Audiobook

With Malice Toward None

Call Number: E457 .O17 2011

Thirteen Days

Call Number: E183.8.R9 K42

Celia, a Slave

Call Number: KF223.C43 M34 1991

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A Wicked War

Call Number: E404 .G79 2012

Also available as an audiobook through Libby.

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Central Methodist University Navy V-12 Trainees in Dining Hall (Central Methodist University Archives and Special Collectons | JSTOR)

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