Below are a few tools for searching for books on Appalachian Studies. 

• Library Catalog: Search for books in the Appalachian Collection at App State.
• WorldCat: Search for books across many public and academic libraries, worldwide.
• HathiTrust: Search a repository of digital content from research libraries, Google Books, and the Internet Archive.
• Google Books: Search the world's most comprehensive index of full-text books, some of which have been digitized.

For information on how to decipher the location information in the catalog records, check out the "Searching Special Collections" tab in the Appalachian History guide.

Holds: Use the Request button in the catalog to have an item pulled and held for you at any library desk.

• How to place a request

Delivery: Faculty can request delivery to their department and distance/doctoral students can request home delivery.

• How to get delivery by mail

Books & articles we don't own: Request books or articles you can't find at App State using interlibrary loan (ILL).

• How to request an ILL

Purchases: To recommend materials for purchase, email the library.