Vanderbilt Universities Library Search
Vanderbilt University Library Search
Use the library search to find the holdings of ALL 9 Vanderbilt Libraries.
You can use it to find:
- Books
- DVDs & Videos
- Periodicals
- Reserve materials
- and more...
You Might Find...
Search The Catalog
SEARCH TIPS:
- Use AND to combine terms & narrow your search
- example: Incas AND religion
- Use OR to search for related terms & expand your search
- example: burial OR cremation
- Use * to truncate a word & return all possible endings
- example: maya* (will return maya, mayan, mayans, etc.)
- Use ALL CAPS for AND and OR
BROWSE BY LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SUBJECT SEARCH
Try using the BROWSE BY search option for targeted searching. Below are examples of Library of Congress Subject Headings for searching:
| Mayas | Incas | |
| Mayas Antiquities | Quechua Indians | |
| Material Culture | Indians of Mexico | |
| Anthropological linguistics | Ethnology Amazon River Region | |
| Excavations (Archaeology) Honduras | Indians of South America Bolivia | |
| Indians of North America Arizona | Indians of South America Peru Cuzco | |
| Indians of Central America Guatemala | Indians of South America Andes Region | |
Browsing for Books
Another option is to browse the STACKS for books. The following call # areas might be of interest to you:
| CC 1-72 | Archaeology | 3rd floor |
| CC 73-81 | Methodology | |
| E 51-73 | Pre-Columbian America. The Indians |
6th floor |
| E 75-99 | Indians of North America | |
| F 1201-3799 | Latin America. Spanish America | |
| GF 1-900 | Human ecology. Anthropogeography | 5th floor |
| GN 1-890 | Anthropology | |
| GN 49-298 | Physical anthropology | |
| GN 301-674 | Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology | |
| GN 700-890 | Prehistoric archaeology | |
| GR 1-950 | Folklore | |
| GR 100-113 | Folklore, North America | |
| GR114-133 | Folklore, Latin and South America | |
| GR 135-263 | Folklore, Europe | |
| GR 430-950 | Folklore (by specific subjects) | |
| GT 1-7070 | Manners and customs |
