African Americans walk to work instead of riding the bus during the third month of an eventual 381-day bus boycott, Montgomery, Alabama, February 1956. Don Cravens/The LIFE Images Collection via Getty Images
| LC Subject Headings | LC Subject Headings |
|---|---|
| African Americans | African Americans--Economic Conditions |
| African-Americans--Religion | African Americans in Literature |
| African-Americans--Education--Virginia | American Literature-- African American Authors |
| African Americans--Civil rights | African American Business Enterprises |
| Slavery | Blacks--Race Identity |
| Jim Crow | Black Power |
| Abolition | African American Theater |
| Harlem Renaissance | African American Philosophy |
A multi-disciplinary database which offers information in many areas of academic study. This database supports high-level research in the key areas of academic study by providing access to journals, periodicals, reports, books and more.
Searching on the New EBSCO User Interfaces (Video 3:28)
Full-text journals that cover the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
Searching on the New EBSCO User Interfaces (Video 3:28)
Definitions
Primary Research- the original materials, data sets, and statistics on which other research is based. (Health Sciences, Sciences, and Engineering) Definition: University of Minnesota Libraries
Primary Source- the original documents and first-hand evidence written during the time that the historical event was occurring. (History, Humanities, Social Sciences)
Secondary Source- materials (book or article) that provide a summary, discussion, or analysis of the primary sources.
Examples of Primary Sources
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written |
court decisions, diaries/memoirs, eye-witness accounts, government documents, letters, newspapers, pamphlets, statistics, treaties, vital records (birth certificates, naturalization records, marriage licenses, etc.) |
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oral |
interviews, music, sermons, speeches |
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visual |
drawings, films, maps, paintings, photographs, political cartoons, posters |
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artifacts (or relics) |
clothing, furniture, inventions, pottery, sculpture, tools |
The collection allows students and researchers to analyze historical events, and their presentation over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries.
Locating Political Cartoons in HarpWeek
Video created by TCC Librarians in Spring of 2020 and is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 
Jstor
Video created by TCC Librarians, March 2020. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Oxford African American Studies Center
This video provides a brief overview of the database Oxford African American Studies Center.
Nineteenth Century Newspapers (3:15)
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