Key Resources:
Library
Catalog : Search the catalog for books, journals,
microfilms, and government documents.
Reference Books (a good place to start research)
Black Americans: A Statistical Sourcebook: REF E185.B55 2000
Encyclopedia of African American Civil Rights: REF E185.61.E544
Encyclopedia of African American Politics: REF E185.S58155 2003
Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics (2 vol): REF E184.A1
E574 2000
Interlibrary
Loan (To have books and articles sent to you)
ILLiad: Users must first register as an ODU patron, then select the
type of item you wish to request, and fill in as much information as
you know about the requested item.
Microfilm
Collections (small sample)
- Blacks in the U.S. Armed Forces: Basic Documents 1639-1973: Documentary
history of participation in the military tracing the official military
policy towards black personnel and the social and political forces
influencing this policy.
- FBI Files on Black Extremist Organizations: Covert action programs
against domestic groups documenting FBI programs to "disrupt
and neutralize" target groups.
- FBI Files on Malcolm X.
- FBI Files on the NAACP.
- NAACP Papers: Voting Rights Commission, Discrimination in the Armed
Forces, Race Relations.
Databases and Indexes
(to find journal articles)
www.lib.odu.edu => Databases
=> Choose from the subject list or choose from the alphabetical
list.
Provides a wealth of primary and secondary source materials on all
aspects of politics and history.
Alternative
Press Index Indexes left wing periodicals covering cultural, political
and social change.
America
History and Life Indexes journal articles on the history of the
United States (and Canada)
CQ
Political Reference Suite Contains Vital Statistics of Politics,
biographies, Supreme Court Yearbook, CQ Researcher, and other great
sources.
General
OneFile Abstracts and fulltext database covering a wide variety
of subjects.
JSTOR
Fulltext database of journals from 1880-2003 covering a wide range of
topics.
LexisNexis
Academic Law reviews and court decisions on civil rights cases.
LexisNexis
Congressional Congreessional publications, bills, and congressional
profiles.
PAIS
Public Affairs Information Service indexes articles, books, and research
reports.
Political
Science Fulltext journals on political science and policy studies.
Project
Muse Fulltext of scholarly journals 1995-the present.
Sociological
Abstracts Abstracts journal articles, books, and conference papers.
U.S.
Serial Set Reports and documents from the Senate and House.
Primary Sources Available on the Web (small
sample!!)
African American Odyssey:
A Quest for Full Citizenship Collections from the Library of Congress
Black
Members of the United States Congress 1870-2005 from Congressional
Research Service.
Black
Population in the United States Census population surveys and detailed
reports.
Brown v. Board
of Education Digital Archive Sponsored by the University of Michigan
Library, contains documents and images which chronicle events surrounding
the case.
Desegregation
of the Armed Forces President Truman's decision to desegregate the
armed forces includes 421 documents from 1938-1953.
Documenting the American
South Texts, images, and audio files in Southern history from the
colonial period through the 20th c.
FBI FOIA: Mississippi
Burning 900 page summary of the investigation of the 1964 murder
of three civil rights workers.
Joint Center for Political and
Economic Studies Research and analysis concerning African Americans.
Making
of America Digital library of sources in American Social History.
Voices of the
Civil Rights Personal sccounts in photos and oral histories of people
who were affected by and worked for civil rights.
Citation Style Guides
APA
Style Guide from the University of Wisconsin Madison
MLA Style
Guide from Purdue University
Chicago/Turabian
Style Guide from University of Wisconsin Madison
If you need further assistance, please use the reference
consultation form, or ask
a librarian
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