For SDSU book holdings check the Library Catalog. The Catalog is the online tool used for finding books and multimedia in the SDSU Library. Books can be searched by keyword, author, title, or subject.
To find and order books from other San Diego area libraries use the Circuit or use Interlibrary Loan to borrow books from libraries elsewhere.
The following links represent Library of Congress headings that may be helpful for background research. The entries are found in the database Gale Virtual Reference Library, which has a collection of electronic background sources including dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, etc.
