Subject Specialist:
African American and Diaspora Studies
African Studies
Ethnic Studies
814-865-8864
e-mail: san17@psu.edu
Sylvia A. Owiny
Title: Social Sciences Librarian
Subject Specialist:
African American and Diaspora Studies
African Studies
Ethnic Studies
814-865-8864
e-mail: san17@psu.edu
Review your syllabus for topic ideas
Use Bibliographies to locate information in books, journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. To locate a bibliography on your topic try a keyword search in The CAT (Penn State Libraries' online catalog) using your keywords and the word bibliography.
Example: In Quick Search or Advanced Search, enter Malcolm X bibliography, African American leadership bibliography, etc.
In Advanced Search you can narrow your search to books, video materials, or other formats.
Browse selected articles about Malcolm X [a section in the Social Sciences Library research guide: Malcolm X : Selected Resources].
Discuss your topic with your instructor or librarian.
List keywords, synonyms, and other terms related to your topic to use when researching databases.
Example: Some keywords, synonyms, and related terms to use when researching this topic:
Combine keywords, synonyms, and related terms with Boolean terms AND or OR when searching for books, encyclopedias and other reference works in The CAT, or when searching for articles in databases.
Examples:
List keywords, synonyms, and other terms related to your topic to use when researching databases.
Example:
Topic: Malcolm X and PanAfricanism
Some keywords, synonyms, and related terms to use when researching this topic:
Combine keywords, synonyms, and related terms with Boolean terms AND or OR when searching for books, encyclopedias and other reference works in The CAT, or when searching for articles in databases.
Examples:
Using the LionSearch Advanced Search menu:
Online indexes and databases provide citations, abstracts, or full-text articles [available through the Libraries' Databases By Title (A-Z list)].
Note: [Penn State Libraries] indicates a Libraries' resource available to researchers with a Penn State Access Account.
JSTOR [Penn State Libraries]
Race Relations Abstracts [Penn State Libraries]
America: History and Life [Penn State Libraries]
Historical Abstracts [Penn State Libraries]
Project MUSE [Penn State Libraries]
Sociological Abstracts [Penn State Libraries]
Biography and Genealogy Master Index [Penn State Libraries]
These databases will provide the questionnaires used in the polls as well as the poll results.
iPOLL [Penn State Libraries]
National Journal (Polling News) [Penn State Libraries]
Polling the Nations [Penn State Libraries]
Odum Institute Public Opinion Poll Question Database [Penn State Libraries]
Statistical Insight [ProQuest] [Penn State Libraries]
Social Sciences Statistics and Data [Libraries' research guide]
Note:Contact Stephen Woods at swoods@psu.edu [Social Sciences Librarian and subject specialist for statistics and data] for additional help with statistics resources.
Two good sources for government information:
ProQuest Congressional [Penn State Libraries]
See also the Government Information section of the Libraries' African American Studies research guide.
Note: Contact Stephen Woods at swoods@psu.edu [Social Sciences Librarian and Pen State Libraries' U.S. government documents librarian] for additional help.
African-Americans in the Twentieth Century [B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library, Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus]
African American World: Timeline: The Civil Rights Era [PBS]
Citation and Writing Guides, a Penn State Libraries' Research Guide, provides links to online citation guides as well as citation management tools that will help you correctly format your bibliographic references.
