A Guide To...Naval Science

Try exploring the Holy Cross library catalog for books related to your topic. If Holy Cross does not have a book you need, you can use WorldCat to search for books from other libraries and then request these books through Interlibrary Loan.

Search tip: Search for books by either Keywords or Subject Headings. Start with a Keyword search and identify some relevant books. Then look at the subject headings for those books. You can follow the subject heading links in the catalog to find similar books, or you can use the terms in the subject headings to identify other keywords to try. 

Examples of Subject Headings: 

Sea-power -- History.
Naval history.
Naval art and science.

Books at Holy Cross Libraries are arranged by Library of Congress Call Number.

At Dinand, call numbers A through G are on the upper (Mezzanine) level. Call numbers H through Z are on the lower (Ground) level, with a few exceptions. Call numbers beginning with "M" are located in the Music Library and “Q, R, S, T” are in the Science Library. 

For research in naval science, you'll find that many books have call numbers starting with V. However, you will find books in other parts of the library as well. For examples, books about military science have call numbers starting with U.

For more information about Library of Congress Classification, please see the Library of Congress' Classification Outline.