America's Wars, Causes of

Books, Videos, etc.

For books, etc. held by Notre Dame analyzing the causes of the Spanish American War use:

• ND Catalog
• Advanced Search
• Subject
• Is (exact)
• and enter: 
  • Spanish-American War, 1898 Causes

For books, etc. providing contemporary (1890-1905) opinion & analysis use:

• ND Catalog
• Advanced Search
• Subject
• Contains
• and enter: 
  • Spain and "United States" and Relations     
• Limit results ( on left ) to: 
  • 1890 to 1905
• Use "facets" (left column) to further narrow results

For books, etc. held by other libraries:

• Repeat search in WorldCat

Articles

For scholarly articles:

• In one or more of the recommended article databases
• Do a "keyword" search for:
  • "spanish american war" AND (cause* OR origin OR origins)
• If retrieval is too great or too small,
  • limit search terms to title, subject or abstract,
  • adjust search by adding or removing or modifying search terms, and/or
  • limiting search results to "peer reviewed" or "refereed" articles.

For contemporaneous popular opinion & analysis (1890-1905):

In one or more of the recommended article databases

• Do a "keyword" search for:
  • spain AND "united states" AND relations
• Limit results to:     
  • 1890 to 1905
• If retrieval is too great or too small,
  • limit search terms to title, subject or abstract,
  • adjust search by adding or removing or modifying search terms