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| Montgomery College Libraries > Pat Semple, Librarian > HS129 History Of African Americans To 1865, Prof. Smith | |
1. Books | 2. Encyclopedias | 3. Articles in Databases | 4. Websites | 5. MLA Works Cited
MC Library Catalog: Change the search engine setting to "Keyword Boolean" and create a search expression that consists of keywords (tend to be nouns), the Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT), and punctuation (parenthesis used with OR, quotations marks for phrases):
- abolition AND
- "african amerian" AND encyclopedia
- "frederick douglass"
Browse: For books on African American history up through the late 1800s, go to these sections of the call numbers either in person *or* electronically in MC Library Catalog:
E184.5-185.98 History > United States > Afro-Americans E441-453 History > United States > Slavery In the United States; Antislavery Movements E668 History > United States > Reconstruction, 1865-1877
Request Book From Another Campus: Go into MC Library Catalog and use the REQUEST ITEM button at the top of the page. 
Renew Books Online: Go into MC Library Catalog and use the MY ACCOUNT button at the top of the page. 
Help: Speak to the reference librarian on duty or call the reference desk:
- Germantown: 240-567-7853
- Rockville: 240-567-7130
- Takoma Park Silver Spring: 240-567-1536
- Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History
- (Gale, 2006)
- Encyclopedia of African-American Society
- (Gale, 2005)
- African American Newspapers: The 19th Century
- Somewhat clunky interface; will accept Boolean search expressions, but will not allow you to re-sort by relevance; results are listed by newspaper, and within that by date; can't use ENTER button as search button; must select each newspaper on opening page before conducting search.
- Ethnic NewsWatch
- Focus on covering "minority press," both ethnic and gender; see PUBLICATIONS tab for list of publications as possible resources.
- History Resource Center: U.S.
- Use Boolean Search expressions, but do take advantage of sidebar directories.
- Primary Sources In African American History
- Note that this database is coupled with one that covers women's issues.
- Project MUSE
- Excellent coverage of all the humanities.
- Academic Search Premier
- Covers all subject areas.
- Expanded Academic ASAP
- Covers all subject areas. To sort by relevance, not date, go to blue menu bar and select to "Relevance Search" before entering search expression.
Search Expressions: Here are some sample searches using keywords and Boolean operators:
- douglass AND women AND pennsylvania
- douglass AND anthony AND abolition
- "goree island"
- coffles
Sorting Results and Printing: Results can be sorted by date or relevance. To print, use the button within the database.
Limit Domains in Google: To limit your Google search to reputable Web sites, enter the domain you are interested in searching in front of your search terms:
- site:edu or site:gov
or site:org
- site:edu "frederick douglass"
- site:org sufferage
- (interesting to try misspelling "suffarage" -- see what happens?)
- site:gov negro
- History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web
- "Designed for high school and college teachers of U.S. History courses. This site serves as a gateway to Web resources and offers useful materials for teaching U.S. history." (George Mason University)
- The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: For Teachers and Students
- A spate of primary and secondary resources: modules, lists of seminars, recommended resources, exhibitions, publications. (The Gilder Lehrman Institute)
- African American History
- A portal to many links related to African American History. (University of Washington Libraries)
- Black Studies
- Lots of subject catagories containing links related to African-American history. (City College of New York)
- Black Culture and History: Guide to the Web
- A portal covering many facets. (University of North Carolina, Sonja Haynes Stone Center Library for Black Culture and History)
- In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience
- Covers time periods from the transatlantic slave trade of the 1600s to the Haitian immigration of the 20th century. (New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture)
- Abolitionism in America: "I Will Be Heard"
- Topics include Abolition, Abolitionists, A Slave's Life, Slave Narratives, Black Resistance, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Emancipation Proclamation, and the Thirteenth Amendment. (Cornell University)
- The Amistad Case: 1839-1840
- In 1840, thirty-six African men mutinied on the Spanish slave ship, Amistad. This exhibition examines the compelling case that foreshadowed the American Civil War. (National Portrait Gallery)
- AmericanSouth.org
- A "comprehensive scholarly discovery service for research materials related to the cultures and histories of the American South." (Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Emory University)
- Center For the Study Of Southern Culture
- "[Emphasizes] the interdisciplinary investigation and documentation of the South as a culturally, historically, geographically, and demographically complex region." (University of Mississippi)
- Documenting the American South
- "Documenting the American South (DocSouth) is a digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture. Currently DocSouth includes ten thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs." (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Here is a six-page MS Word document on formatting MLA citations: MLA: Works Cited Page
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