LibGuides: History: 79-229 The Origins of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, 1880-1948: Books

Books

Use the links below to find books on your topic. Some relevant subject terms (can also be used in a keyword search) might be:

Names of particular countries
Israel-Arab War, 1967.
jewish-arab relations
jewish-arab relations 1917-1948
Palestine-history-1917-1948
Palestine-history-19th century

perhaps combined with one of these terms:

history
foreign relations
fiction
personal narratives
sources

Reference librarians can help you select relevant terms and a good search strategy for your topic.

Carnegie Mellon's Library Catalog
Search for the books, audio material, some journal titles, etc. Not for finding journal articles.
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Catalog of Pittsburgh's public libraries. You can get a borrowing card by showing your CMU ID card and proof of local address (any piece of mail with your name and address on it).
Pittcat
Catalog for the University of Pittsburgh's libraries. You can borrow books from most libraries by getting a special patron borrowing card at the Hillman Library Circulation Desk.

WorldCat This link opens in a new window
Search library holdings throughout the world. You can see if we have the book, and use the link to our library to get the call number. If we don't have the book you need, you can see if someone has it locally, or use EZ Borrow or ILL to get it. See the tab "If we don't have what you need for more info."

MERIA: Free Books (Middle East Review of International Affairs)
Selection of full text books on Middle East international affairs

HathiTrust This link opens in a new window
Digitized books, journals, and government documents from all countries and time periods.
Text-mine (full text search) over 17 million digitized works and create customized collections. HathiTrust is a not-for-profit collaborative of academic and research libraries. Offers reading access to the fullest extent allowable by U.S. copyright law, computational access to the entire corpus for scholarly research, and other emerging services based on the combined collection.

Subject Guide

Charlotte Kiger Price

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Contact:

On leave until Dec. 2023. For assistance in History, contact CMU Librarian Ashley Werlinich, liaison librarian for English, Drama, and temporary liaison for History. For assistance in Modern Languages, use our general feedback forms.

Subjects: History, Language & Linguistics, Religion, Women's Studies