The search below utilizes the subject term, "Race relations" and then sorts by relevance. It is set to the whole campus because race relations is an interdisciplinary subject. The search could have been set for all UM libraries to find even more titles available through other UM campuses. Another way to expand the search is by using the "Search MOBIUS" button which will search over 70 university and public libraries.
Using Subject Terms
When you find a title that relates to your topic, click on that title and review the record to find additional subject terms. In the example below, subject terms include Prejudices, Racism, Social Justice, and Discrimination. You can click on any of these terms to find a new set of search results using any of these related subjects.
Keyword Search
Another good technique is to use a keyword search to find relevant titles and then see how they are classified. This may provide many more subject headings you can use to find additional materials.
Call Numbers
You can also select a particular title such as Queering Law and Order (below) and look not only its subject headings, but call number = KF4754.5. Then visit the shelves where this and other books with this call number are located to see titles related to this topic, many of which may be located near this title in the library.
The library catalogs at UMKC can viewed as a series of concentric rings, with each ring having access to more material.
Note that even within UM System Libraries, there are concentric rings. You can start with the UMKC Law Library, move out to UMKC as a whole, or all of the UM Libraries on all campuses in Missouri.
Beyond that is MOBIUS, which includes over 70 university libraries and some public libraries. It is important because it picks up St. Louis University and Washington University's law libraries (which are much bigger than UMKC's law library).
Lastly, there is WorldCat (also known as OCLC). WorldCat has a free version available at Worldcat.org, but we subscribe to a version on our databases page (https://umkclaw.link/db) that integrates with our inter-library loan request system. Scroll down to the bottom of the library's databases page to Worldcat FirstSearch and use your SSO to sign in. You should note that both MOBIUS and Merlin are cheaper for the library to use and that Worldcat doesn't not have as generous lending terms (i.e., shorter lending periods). There is no cost to you for using these systems.
Finally, if you have basic bibliographic information (title, author, year), you can use our inter-library loan form and get a librarian working on finding where the title exists in the system and retrieve it for you.
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