Catalog Search Tips
To limit results to a particular language, click the post limit button and select the language of your choice.
Try these subject headings (and variations thereof) :
Popular culture --France --Paris --History --19th century
Leisure industry --France --Paris
Spectacular, The --Government policy --France --Paris
France --Civilization --19th century
Stereotypes (Social psychology) --Social aspects --History
Consumption (Economics) in literature
Cosmetics industry --France --History
Clothing and dress --France --History --19th century
Fashion --France --Paris --History --19th century.
OR: try a different tactic: the subject browse, described at right.
Narrowing results
Catalogs: Learn to search library catalogs effectively to locate books and other relevant materials
Sample Catalog Record
Subject Browse
Use the Subject Browse feature to discover books in the catalog.
Here are some subject headings with links to subject browses that might help research on the photo to the right:
Street photography > France > Paris
Atget, Eugène, 1857-1927 > Criticism and interpretation
Art & Architecture ePortal
The Art & Architecture ePortal is a collection of key backlist and out-of-print scholarly works in the fields of art and architectural history published by: The Art Institute of Chicago, The MIT Press, Yale University Press, Harvard Art Museums, and the Yale University Art Gallery.
The portal allows browsing of all images (by artist, title, or date)
Looking for books not held by Cornell
You can use the default catalog, or try the WorldCat (part of OCLC FirstSearch) database. Select "WorldCat" from the database menu.
Annex Requests
The Library Annex is our off-site storage location (it's on Palm Road, near the the Cornell Orchards). You can request to have those books and journals delivered to a library on campus, and articles scanned from journals held there. Use the request button to call books in from the Annex to a library delivery location of your choice, or to request scans. The Annex also has its own reading room. The address is Palm Road, off Route 366, and the hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 8 am to 4 pm. The Annex has a parking lot with open parking.
What to do if it's not available
If the catalog record indicates that the material is "charged," it means that someone else has signed out the book. When you click on "request," the system figures out the fastest way to get it to you. If it's a recall, that takes about two weeks. Borrow Direct is the fastest delivery:
If we do not have a book in our holdings, or if the book you need is already checked out: Borrow Direct
Click on the link to connect to Borrow Direct, search for the book and if it's available from another Ivy League university (plus: Johns Hopkins, MIT, Duke, University of Chicago, & Stanford), we will have it shipped to Cornell. The borrowing period is for eight weeks, renewable once. Books arrive in 3-4 business days.
If we do not have an item that you need (any item -- journal article, DVD, dissertation, etc.): Interlibrary Loan Services
Use ILLiad (InterLibrary Loan Internet Accessible Database) to request that we borrow materials from other libraries or have articles scanned for you. Loan period is usually one month. Items can arrive in as little as a few days (or even the next day, in the case of scans) to a couple of weeks (This service will not work for items that Cornell already owns, but are checked out by other borrowers).