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Suggested resources and
search strategy for locating information about
students at Howard,
other HBCUs and nationwide.
Print Sources
Reference Book
Smith, Dwight L. Afro-American History: A
Bibliography. Santa Barbara, California: American Bibliographic Center - Clio Press, Inc. 1974.
- Print Indexes
Index to Periodical Articles By and About Negroes.
Boston: G. K. Hall (Founders
Reference, AI 3 O4)
The Kaiser index to Black resources, 1948-1986 /
from the Schomburg Center for Research in
Black Culture of the New York Public Library.
Brooklyn, N.Y. : Carlson Pub., 1992. p. 489.
(Founders, Ref. E185 K34 1992).
- Look up terms such as:
- Howard University
- College Students
- Moving Pictures
- Student protest
- Artists
- Writers
- Freedom Riders
- You can also search for specific individuals by name.
Other
print indexes available in the Current Periodicals
Room of the Undergraduate Library include:
- Education Index
- Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature
Newspapers
Search newspaper indexes by subject headings; for example,
- Colleges--U.S.
- Howard University
- Negroes--United States
Visit the Current Periodicals Room in the Undergraduate Library to search the following newspaper indexes:
- The Washington Post Index
- New York Times Index
- The Washington Star Index (included with the paper on microfilm)
Visit
the Washingtoniana Collection of the Martin Luther
King Memorial Library at 901 "G" Street,
Washington, D.C. to check
- The Washington Post
- The Washington Star
- The Washington Daily News
-
Clipping Files
Online
Databases and Catalogs
Log on to the Founders Library homepage http://www.howard.edu/library and
click on Indexes, Abstracts, Articles to
search the following databases:
- America: History and Life -
includes abstracts of journal articles, articles
in collections, dissertations, book and media
reviews on the history and culture of the US
and Canada.
- Ask ERIC - an open-access
service of the Educational Resources
Information Center providing education information
to teachers, librarians, counselors, administrators,
parents, and others throughout the United States
and the world. Covers 1966 to date.
- Simple search: Black students and
college
- Simple Search: Black College and
Experience
- Black Studies Database
Computerized bibliographic data drawn from the handwritten notes of librarians and other staff of the Schomburg Center from 1948 until 1986.
- International Index to Black Periodicals Full Text
Current and retrospective bibliographic citations, abstracts and full text material from over 150 scholarly and popular journals, newspapers and newsletters from the United States, Africa and the Caribbean--and full-text coverage of 31 core Black Studies periodicals (1998 forward).
- JSTOR
Electronic access to a comprehensive archive of articles from journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics, ecology and botany.
- Select “search” at
the top of the screen.
- Then
enter: Howard
University
- Change drop down menu to
title
- Select disciplines: African
American Studies,
Education, and History.
- Click
on Search Keyword
- Limit date: 1950-1970
- Also,
select "all of the words" in
the drop down menu and
search words such as
- Howard University
and students
- students college
- student
drama
- student television
- student protest
- student art
- student moving
picture
To locate books, periodicals,
videorecordings, etc.,
log on to the library's homepage,
and click on Sterling, the online library catalog.
Select "keywords" to use natural language terms, or search under "subject headings" such
as:
- African Americans--Attitudes
- African Americans--Bibliography
- African American College Students
- African American Theater
- American drama -- African American Authors
- Documentary Television Programs
- Radicalism--United States--History--20th century
- Social movements--United States--History--20th
century--Bibliography
- Student movements--Howard University
- United States--Social conditions--1960-1980
1960s Retrospective Links
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