Books

A book, sometimes called a monograph, is an in-depth work with a unifying topic.

Strengths

• Covers material in depth
• Most important type of source for the humanities (Literature, Philosophy, Art, etc.)
• Most important type of source for qualitative studies in the social sciences (Sociology, Political Science, Anthropology, etc.)
• Good source for background information

Weaknesses

• Books take a long time to get published, so they are not good sources for time-sensitive information

Finding Books

• To find out Musselman Library has a book, use MUSCAT.
• To search book contents by keyword, try Google Book Search.
• To request a book from another library, try EZBorrow or WorldCat.