Book Sources

[Caius Fabius]

If you live in the United States, you have a very good library as close as your nearest public library. It is called the ILL ( Inter-Library Loan) System. You have to do some basic research, having author and title, place and date of publication, and hopefully (for modern books) the ISBN. Then you go to your librarian and request that they order that book for you. You can either look at it in the library, when it arrives, or maybe even take it home.<br>
You can find much of the needed information in the "BIP" (books in Print) or the "NUC" (National Union Catalog). Most libraries have this work, either on computer or in volumes not over 5 years old. If not, ask them to get a copy of the BIP subject guide as your first inter-library loan.<br>
Yes, you may have to wait. Yes, you may have to help your librarian learn about ILL, but this will be a wonderful resource, for you and your research.<br>
I am not sure where the 10% copy rule comes from, especially if a book is out of print, and you are not "re-selling" your personal copy for educational use, but it may be a rule somewhere. With most books you only need to copy the footnotes/endnotes, bibliography and selected passages anyway The BIBLIOGRAPHY is your clue to the next books you need to request <p>"Just before class started, I looked in the big book where all the world's history is written, and it said...." Neil J. Hackett, PhD ancient history, professor OSU, 1987</p><i></i>