Books are important sources of humanities scholarship. To find books at the Gordon Library:
To search for a specific book or to search for books by a specific author, go to the Advanced Search page. Here, you can search by title, author, subject, and more.
These eBook collections & databases allow reading through your browser, and some allow downloading chapters or complete volumes for offline reading.
Ebooks: Many of Gordon Library's books are available digitally, and you can access these via the links in WPI Library Search. For example:
Print books: Print books in the library are organized by call number. When you find a print book in the WPI Library Search, look for the book's call number:
Gordon Library uses the Library of Congress call number system. Call numbers A-N are on the 3rd floor of the library. Call numbers P-Z are on the 1st floor. (Please note that the main entrance to the library is on the 2nd floor.)
You can check books out at the information services desk on the main floor. Your WPI ID is your library card.
Crime and Social Change in Middle England: Questions of Order in an English Town by 
Enclosure Acts: Sexuality, Property, and Culture in Early Modern England by 
The Paradox of Body, Building and Motion in Seventeenth-Century England by 
The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606 by Is there something you need that the WPI library doesn't have? Our Interlibrary Loan service allows WPI students and faculty to request items from other libraries free of charge.