Mystery and Crime Fiction: Books
Finding Books
Search the Libraries Website to locate books on your topic:
Keywords (use the Boolean operator "AND" to connect key terms)
Sample search: Hammett AND history and criticism
Title (omit initial articles such as ‘the' and ‘a')
Sample search: Maltese Falcon
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Subject (use Library of Congress subject headings)
Sample searches:
Detective and mystery stories--History and criticism
Crime in literature
Film noir
Author (last name first)
Sample search: Christie, Agatha
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