Books & Catalogs

Browse these book catalogs:

ACLS History E-Book Project

Over 500 books of high quality in the field of history. These are works of major importance to historical studies—books that remain vital to both scholars and advanced students, and are frequently cited in the literature.

The Center for Research Libraries Catalog

An international not-for-profit consortium of colleges, universities and libraries that makes available scholarly research resources to users.

eBook Collection via netLibrary

Well over 10,000 E-Books covering a full range of subjects.

Florida Atlantic University Libraries Catalog

Approximately one million books at the Boca Campus Library and nearly 70,000 items at the MacArthur Campus Library.

Original Sources

This site includes original source documents, critical selections, and acclaimed works across U.S. and World History, Literature, Social Sciences, Political Science, Law, Science, Mathematics, Religion, Philosophy, and Language.  It comprises more than 350,000 documents and more than 5,000 complete books.

WorldCat from FirstSearch

The world's most comprehensive bibliography, with over 48 million bibliographic records representing over 400 languages and covering information from 4,000 years of knowledge.

Call Numbers for Latin American Studies

While there is no general call number for Latin American Studies as a whole, you will find subjects pertaining to your topic spread throughout the collection. For instance, the history of Latin America ranges between F1202 - F3799 and breaks down by the history of each country. Political Science topics for Latin America are found at JL599.5 - JL3899. Spanish and French literary subjects are found in PQ. For more precise locations, we recommend that you speak with someone on the library staff. Visit the Library of Congress web site to see how our collection is organized. Both circulating and non-circulating (Reference) materials follow the same classification system.

A search for your topic on WebLUIS may very well illustrate the interdiciplinary nature your topic. Your work at the catalog will be a process of narrowing and focusing. The library staff is happy to assist you if you need help.

Searching Tips
FAU's book catalog has two search modes: Basic and Advanced. The Basic Screen gives the option of searching for books by keyword, author, title and subject. The Advanced Screen gives these options plus several others. Open the box labeled "keyword" to view your search options. To search only for books located in Jupiter, open the Location drop-down and select Jupiter.