Special Collections: Politics

Searching for rare books relating to political issues:

Rare books and reserve collections can be found by searching the University of Exeter Library catalogue https://www.exeter.ac.uk/departments/library/

• Enter a keyword, title or author in the search bar
• To restrict the results to a specific time period, enter a date range under *Refine your results* and *Creation Date*
• To restrict the results to results to Special Collections materials, select *Special Collections, Old Library* under *Location*

You can find more search tips in our 'Searching our Catalogues' LibGuide

Hypatia Collection

The Hypatia Collection consists of approximately 10,000 books and journals by or about women. Part of its richness stems from the inclusive collecting habits of its creator who acquired many ephemeral titles and books on subjects and by writers traditionally excluded from the academic canon in her aim 'to make available published documentation about women in every aspect of their lives'.

The collection includes a section on politics, comprising books and journals concerning political issues relating to women, women's rights, political movements, and women in politics.

To search the collection more broadly for items relevant to politics, use the Advanced Keyword Search page of the University of Exeter Library Catalogue. Select 'Holding Call Number' from the search fields and enter Hypatia. Type a keyword (e.g. politic*) into the next search field.