Books are important sources of historical scholarship. To find books at the Gordon Library:
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:
Call numbers A-N are on the ground 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.
The books listed here are just some examples of the books you can find via Gordon Library and represent just a few of the topics you may want to research for this class. You can use WPI Library Search to find many books on a variety of topics.
Beyond Boycotts: Sport During the Cold War in Europe by 
Cold War Cultures: Perspectives on Eastern and Western European Societies by 
Europe, Cold War and Coexistence, 1955-1965 by 
From the Vanguard to the Margins: Workers in Hungary, 1939 to the Present by 
Gaps in the Iron Curtain: Economic Relation between neutral and Socialist States in Cold War Europe by 
Imposing, Maintaining, and Tearing Open the Iron Curtain: The Cold War and East-Central Europe, 1945–1989 by 
The Morning After: Sexual Politics at the End of the Cold War by 
Stalinism: The Essential Readings by 
Witnesses to the Origins of the Cold War 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.
Search in WorldCat to find books available at other libraries:
Catalog of books (and other materials) in libraries worldwide.