America's Wars, Causes of

Books, Videos, etc.

For books, etc. held by Notre Dame analyzing the causes of the War of 1812 use:

• ND Catalog
• Advanced Search
• Subject
• Is (exact)
• and enter: 
  • War of 1812 Causes

For books, etc. providing contemporary (1750-1785) opinion & analysis use:

• ND Catalog
• Advanced Search
• Subject
• Contains
• and enter: 
  • ("great britain" OR england OR "united kingdom") AND "united states" AND Relations     
• Limit results ( on left ) to: 
  • 1805 to 1815
• 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:
  • "war of 1812" 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 (1805-1815):

In one or more of the recommended article databases

• Do a "keyword" search for:
  • ("great britain" OR england OR "united kingdom") AND "united states" AND Relations 
• Limit results to:     
  • 1805-1815
• 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