Travel Guides may be the easiest way to familiarize yourself with an area. The UNC libraries have many travel guides. To search the UNC catalog enter the country you are interested in followed by a space and the word "guidebooks" in the subject heading box in the online catalog.

• Great Britain -- Guidebooks.
• England -- Guidebooks.
• Wales -- Guidebooks.
• Scotland -- Guidebooks.
• Ireland -- Guidebooks.

You may also want to browse the shelves. Guidebooks are shelved in areas with the following call numbers:

• D909: General Europe travel guides
• DA1-850: Great Britain (travel guides at DA650)
• DA865-995: Ireland (travel guides at DA978-980)
• DA770-870: Scotland

Online Resource

Fodors, Frommers, and Lonely Planet are good places to start your search online. Try searching by "England", "United Kingdom", "Ireland", "Scotland", or the names of specific cities.

Other Helpful Books

Barron, Tom. Get Set for Study in the UK. Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh Univerisity Press, 2003. This work includes information about arriving in the UK, study and research in the UK, and a glossary of UK academic terms. (Undergrad Library LB2376.6 .G7 B377 2003)