Interlibrary Loan
- Interlibrary Loan (ILL)ILL is a free lending service available to current Texas State students and employees. ILL borrows items from other libraries that Alkek Library does not own such as journal articles, books, DVDs, CDs—anything you might need for your research.
Use ILLiad, the online Interlibrary Loan request, to order your ILL items. Enter as much information as you know about the item you need, and the ILL staff will try to track it down.
Contact & Pick-up Info: 512.245.4893 or email with additional questions. Items can be picked up at the Ask Alkek Desk on the 2nd floor of the Library.
Subject headings can help
The Alkek Library has a wealth of books and other resources in our online catalog which will be useful when studying American Historiography.
Try adding any of these terms to a keyword or subject search-
Sources OR historiography OR bibliography
This type of search will get you to both primary sources and secondary sources which will help lead to primary sources.
Here are some examples of subject headings-
Civil rights -- United States -- Bibliography
United States -- Race relations -- Sources
Labor movement -- United States -- History -- Bibliography
Civil rights movements -- United States -- Historiography
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989 -- Sources.
United States History Civil War 1861 1865 Historiography
Indians Of North America Historiography
Looking for something not owned by Alkek Library?
Worldcat is a database containing catalog records from libraries around the world. This is a great place to identify materials you might want to request on interlibrary loan, if our library doesn't own them-
- WorldCat (public version) This link opens in a new windowIndexes items owned by libraries throughout the U.S. internationally. Items not owned by Texas State may be requestable via interlibrary loan. For more search options, use WorldCat on FirstSearch.
