Searching the Online Catalog
To search for books on your topic, go to the Milner Library website.
Click on "Books and Media".
To find books on a specific topic, use the Advanced Search, and select the Subject option.
To locate primary sources, add terms such as Sources, Correspondence, Diaries, Personal narratives, Oral history,
or Interviews to your subject search.
Sample Subjects
Underground Railroad
Fugitive slaves
Antislavery movements
Abolitionists
African American abolitionists
African-Americans--History
Slavery--United States
To request that books be retrieved for you from the regular shelves, from Basement Storage or from Storage North, LOGIN to your Catalog account. [ If you have not requested materials previously, click on “Create New Account”.] When you find the book you need, click on Request.
For materials not available in Milner Library, expand your search by choosing the “All I-Share Libraries” option. Materials from I-Share libraries may also be requested.
To search for books and other materials in libraries worldwide, use WorldCat .
Books published before 1923 may be available in full text in Google Books or other websites such as HathiTrust or Internet Archive.
(online HathiTrust).
The Underground Railroad: A record of facts, authentic narratives, letters, & c., by William Still.
(online - Internet Archive).