Books in the LPC Library
The following list provides a sampling of titles available for check out.
Finding titles can be done in the Catalog section on the Library homepage..
Use the Library Catalog to search for other titles by subject or words /phrases.
Examples of Search Terms used in a keyword search:
- England AND regency
- Great Britain AND history AND 18th century
- medicine AND history AND Great Britain
- marriage AND Great Britain AND 19th century
- English gardens AND history
- Capability Brown
- industrial revolution AND Great Britain
Examples of subject headings:
- Enlightenment (age of reason)
- Epidemics - history
- George III
- Great Britain - Social Life and Customs - 18th century
- Great Britain - Social Life and Customs - 19th century
- Jane Austen
- Victorian England
More Keyword Search Terms
- women AND eighteenth century AND England
- women AND nineteenth century AND Great Britain
- health AND 18th century AND Great Britain
- medicine AND England AND 19th century
- disease AND England AND 19th century
- England AND social conditions AND 19th century
- England AND social conditions AND nineteenth century (fewer)
- marriage AND 18th century AND Britain
- family AND 18th century AND England
- social classes AND England AND 18th/19th century
- "industrial revolution" AND "Great Britain"
- leisure AND England AND 18th century
- transportation AND Great Britain AND history
More topic suggestions and good searches in Academic Search Complete:
- Architecture AND Britain AND 18th century
- Art AND Britain AND 18th century
- Birth control AND Britain AND 18th century
- Class AND 18th century AND Britain
- Costume AND England AND History AND 18th century
- Dickens 1812-1870
- Drama AND Britain AND 18th century
- Drugs (such as laudanum)
- England AND social conditions AND 18th century
- Family AND eighteenth century AND England
- Great Britain AND industries AND history
- Great Britain AND "social life and customs" AND 18th century
- Health and 18th century AND England OR Britain
- Industrial Revolution AND Britain
- Landscape gardening AND Britain AND 18th century
- Landscaping AND Britain AND 18th century
- Literature AND Britain AND 18th century
- Manners AND Britain AND 18th century
- Marriage OR divorce AND Britain AND 18th century
- Medicine AND Great Britain AND history AND 18th century
- Philosophy AND Britain AND 18th century
- Religion AND Britain AND 18th century
- Restoration AND 18th century AND 1560-1798
- Science AND mathematics AND history AND 18th century
- Single women AND Europe AND social conditions
Sample Titles
A History of the Church in England by Call Number: BR743.2 .M6 1994ISBN: 081921406XPublication Date: 1980-06-01
The British Country House in the 18th Century by Call Number: HT653 .G7 C47 2000ISBN: 0719047242Publication Date: 2000-05-05
Roll the Bones by Call Number: HV6710 S38 2006ISBN: 1592402089Publication Date: 2006-10-05“British Gambling, 1750-1914.”
Cholera, Chloroform, and the Science of Medicine by Call Number: RA649.5 .S66 S647 2003ISBN: 019513544XPublication Date: 2003-05-01
Ebooks
Las Positas and Chabot Libraries have a large collection of ebooks available for you to use.
Ebook titles will show up in the Library Catalog
W # and Pin are necessary to access the ebooks.
Pin or Password: First 2 letters of first name, first 2 letters of last name, and last 4 digits of W#
Call Numbers
A call number is an address for a where a book is located in the library.
The LPC Library, like most academic libraries, uses the Library of Congress classification system (LC).
Search the catalog to find the book titles on your chosen topic.
Bring the entire call number to the librarians who will help you locate the titles book stacks.
Sample Titles
Sample Titles
Dr. Johnson's London by Call Number: DA682 .P53 2002ISBN: 0312291531Publication Date: 2002-08-21
