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Questions? Contact Sara Swanson (704-894-2157).
Finding Books
See also the guide to Book Review Sources.
Use library catalogs to find books, videos, government documents, journals, magazines, and newspapers. The Davidson College Library Catalog contains information about materials owned by Davidson. WorldCat lists materials held in libraries around the world. If Davidson does not have a copy of what you need, use Interlibrary Loan to request it.
When searching for books and other materials in a catalog, try searching by keyword, author, or title. You may also search by Library of Congress subject headings. To locate appropriate subject headings, do a keyword search and then browse records. Helpful subject headings include:
- African Americans civil rights
- African Americans segregation
- African Americans social conditions
- Civil Rights movement
- Race relations [name of state or country]
- Segregation United States
- Segregation in education United States
For a list of helpful reference materials owned by Davidson College, click here.
Finding Journals and Articles
Starting Points | Film | History & Politics | Other Databases
To find journals owned by the library, go to the Library Catalog, do a subject keyword search for your topic and limit your search by format to newspapers and periodicals. Clicking on the Periodicals link in the red bar on the library catalog search page will also allow you to browse journals by subject category.
Use the Library’s online indexes and databases to find articles from scholarly journals. Depending on your research interest, you may wish to search in general databases or discipline-specific ones. Here are some suggested databases:
- Starting Points
- Academic Search Premier
(1975 to present) Indexes popular and scholarly articles in a broad range of subject areas; also includes citations to book reviews and citations to articles in several national newspapers.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- OmniFile Full Text Mega
(1982 to present) Indexes articles from over 3,000 scholarly and popular periodicals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences; also includes the full text of selected articles from over 1,650 of these periodicals.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
- Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?
- Readers' Guide Abstracts
(1890 to present) Indexes articles in popular periodicals; also includes citations to book and film reviews.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
- Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?
- Film
See also the guide to Film Review Sources.
- Film Indexes Online
(1893 to present) Contains both Film Index International (FII) and The American Film Institute Catalog (AFI). Includes full production and cast information for films from over 170 countries as well as plot summaries, production notes, and citations to reviews, criticism, and articles on film and film personalities.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: automatic
- Film Literature Index
(1973-2001) Indexes articles, film reviews, and book reviews from over 300 film and television periodicals; international in scope.
Note: Information from 2002 to the present is only available in the print version of Film Literature Index, which is shelved in the Reference Index Area at call number R 050 F4873.
- Humanities Abstracts
(1907 to present). Indexes articles in over 500 English-language journals in the fields of archaeology, art, classics, communication, film, folklore, history, languages and literatures, music, philosophy, religion, and theatre. Also includes citations for book, theatre, and film reviews as well as interviews, obituaries, and some original creative works. Includes the full text of selected articles from 1995 to the present.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
- Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?
- History & Politics
- Historical Abstracts & America: History & Life
(Time period covered: 1450 to present [world history]; prehistory to present [U.S. and Canadian history]. Publication coverage: 1954 to present). Indexes journal articles, book chapters, doctoral dissertations, and book reviews. (Each database can also be searched separately.)
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Humanities Abstracts
(1907 to present). Indexes articles in over 500 English-language journals in the fields of archaeology, art, classics, communication, film, folklore, history, languages and literatures, music, philosophy, religion, and theatre. Also includes citations for book, theatre, and film reviews as well as interviews, obituaries, and some original creative works. Includes the full text of selected articles from 1995 to the present.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
- Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?
- PAIS International
(1915 to present) Indexes journal articles, books, government documents, and conference papers in political science, public affairs, and economics.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: automatic
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
- Social Sciences Abstracts
(1907 to present) Indexes journal articles and some book reviews on all social sciences subjects, including history, political science, international relations, law, economics, area studies, gender studies, anthropology, psychology, and sociology.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
- Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?
- Other Databases
- JSTOR
Includes pdf copies of scholarly articles from a core collection of journals; also includes book reviews. Note:JSTOR does not contain articles from the most recent 3-5 years.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use a plus sign +
- Phrase searching: automatic
- Periodicals Index Online
(c. 1665-1995) Indexes journal and magazine articles as well as book reviews in a broad array of humanities, social sciences, and science subjects.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: automatic
- Project Muse
Contains full-text articles from journals published by university and scholarly presses.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
- Sociological Abstracts
(1963 to present) indexes journal articles in sociology and related fields, including anthropology, economics, education, philosophy, political science, and social psychology.
Search Syntax:
- Truncation: use an asterisk *
- Phrase searching: automatic
- Wildcard: use a question mark ?
Reference Works
Biographical Information | Social Issues, Political Issues, & Historical Background | Film
- Biographical Information
- African American Biographies: Profiles of 558 Current Men and Women. Walter L. Hawkins. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1992.
Reference R 920.9 A41a
- African American Lives. Eds. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Evelyn Brooks Higgenbotham. New York: Oxford UP, 2004.
Reference R 920 A258
- American Women Civil Rights Activists: Biobibliographies of 68 Leaders, 1825-1992. Gayle J. Hardy. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1993.
Reference R 923.6 H269a
- American National Biography. Ed. John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999-2002.
Reference R 920.073 A512
- Black Americans in Autobiography: An Annotated Bibliography of Autobiographies and Autobiographical Books Written since the Civil War. Russell C. Brignano. Rev. ed. Durham, NC: Duke Univ. Press, 1984.
Reference runat 016.3 B865b, 1984
- Biography Reference Bank. H.W. Wilson, 2003- .
- Black Women in America. Ed. Darlene Clark Hine. 2nd ed. 3 vols. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005.
Reference R 920.7 B6271 2005
- Contemporary Authors. Gale: 2000- .
The E.H. Little Library also has copies of the print volumes from 1967-2003; they are shelved in Reference at call number R 928 C76.
- Contemporary Black Biography. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1992- .
Reference R 920 C761
- Dictionary of Literary Biography. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1978- .
Reference R 928.1 D554
- International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers. Ed. Tom Pendergast and Sara Pendergast. 4th ed. 4 vols. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000.
Reference R 791.43 I611 2000
- Social Issues, Political Issues, & Historical Background
- The African American Almanac. Ed. Brigham Narins. 10th ed. Detroit: Thomson/Gale, 2008.
- The African American Encyclopedia. Ed. Michael W. Williams. 6 vols. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1993.
Reference R 973.049 A258
Supplement (2 vols.; 1997): Reference R 973.049 A258 Supp.
- Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience. Ed. Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 2nd ed. 5 vols. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005.
Reference R 909.04 A2581
- Chronology of African-American History. Alton Hornsby, Jr. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1991.
Reference R 973.04 H816c
- The Columnia Guide to African American History since 1939. Eds. Robert L. Harris, Jr. and Rosalyn Terborg-Penn. New York: Columbia UP, 2006.
Reference R 973.04 C726
- The Columbia Guide to America in the 1960s. David Farber and Beth Bailey. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 2001.
Reference R 973.923 C726
- Dictionary of American History. Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. 10 vols. New York: Scribner's, 2003.
Reference R 973 D554 2003
- Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History. Ed. Colin Palmer. 6 vols. Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference, 2006.
- Encyclopedia of African American Society. Ed. Gerald D. Jaynes. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2005.
- Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History. Ed. Ed. Mary Kupiec Cayton and Peter Williams. 3 vols. New York: Scribner's, 2001.
Reference R 973.04 E564
- Encyclopedia of American Social Movements. Ed. Immanuel Ness. 3 vols. New York: Sharpe Reference, 2004.
Reference R 303.484 E56
- Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History. Ed. David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler. 5 vols. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2000.
Reference R 973.7 E56
- The Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America. Ed. David Bradley and Shelley Fisher Fishkin. 3 vols. New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1998.
Reference R 323.1 E56
- Encyclopedia of Education. Ed. James W. Guthrie. 2nd ed. 8 vols. New York: Macmillan, 2003.
Reference R 370.3 E561
- Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century. Ed. Paul Finkelman. 3 vols. New York: Scribner's, 2001.
Reference R 973.5 E56
- Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century. Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. 4 vols. New York: Scribner's, 1996.
Reference R 973.03 E562
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
A collection of electronic reference books.
- The Harvard Guide to African-American History. Ed. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press, 2001.
Reference R 973.04 H3391
- Historical Dictionary of the 1950s. Ed. James S. Olson. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2000.
Reference R 973.92 O52h
- Historical Dictionary of the 1960s. Ed. James S. Olson. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999.
Reference R 973.923 H673
- Historical Dictionary of the 1970s. Ed. James S. Olson. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999.
Reference R 973.923 H6731
- The Sixties in America. Ed. Carl Singleton. 3 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem, 1999.
Reference R 973.92 S6252
- Film
- The Complete Film Dictionary. Ira Konigsberg. 2nd ed. New York: Penguin, 1998.
Reference R 791.43 K82c2
- The Film Studies Dictionary. Steve Blandford et al. London: Oxford Univ. Press, 2001.
Reference R 791.43 B642f
- Guide to American Cinema, 1965-1995. Daniel Curran. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1998.
Reference R 791.43 C976g
- Handbook of American Film Genres. Ed. Wes D. Gehring. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1988.
Reference R 791.43 H236
- Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema. S. Torriano Berry and Venise T. Berry. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2007.
Reference R 791.43 B534h
- History in the Media: Film and Television. Robert Niemi. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2006.
Reference R 791.4 N672h
- International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers. Ed. Tom Pendergast and Sara Pendergast. 4th ed. 4 vols. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000.
Reference R 791.43 I611 2000
- New York Times Encyclopedia of Film. Ed. Gene Brown. 13 vols. New York: Times Books, 1984.
Reference R 791.43 N532
- The Oxford Companion to Film. Ed. Liz-Anne Bawden. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1976.
Reference R 791.43 O98
- Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film. Ed. Barry Keith Grant. 4 vols. Detroit: Schirmer Reference, 2007.
Plagiarism and Citation
Authors must not represent others' work as their own; to do so is to plagiarize. Whether you quote another person directly or paraphrase their ideas in your paper, you must give that person credit. For this course, you'll use the style guide from the American Psychological Association (APA).
To credit sources, APA style requires you to use both in-text citations and a reference list. This means that each publication cited in the text must appear in the reference list and each publication that appears in the reference list mut be cited in the text.
Use the author-date system for in-text citations, as outlined in the sixth edition of The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Here are some examples:
- Name of Author in the Narrative
- Only the year of publication appears in parantheses
- "Marzo (2000, 36) noted that racial discrimination..."
- Name of Author Not in the Narrative
- Author name and year of publication - separated by a comma - appear in parantheses
- "First-person accounts indicate that racial discrimination affected their physical well-being" (Marzo, 2000, 44).
- One Work by Multiple Authors
- If a work has two authors, cite both names in each in-text citation.
- If a work has three, four, or five authors, cite the names of all authors in the first in-text reference. If the same publication is referenced again in the text, include the surname of the first author followed by et al.
- If a work has six or more authors, list only the surname of the first author followed by et al in both the first and any subsequent in-text citations.
- Works with No Identified Author
- Put the first few words of the title and the year of publication - separated by a comma - in parantheses
- Put double quotation marks around the title of an article, chapter, or website and italicize the title of a book or periodical
- "...throughout the south" ("Researchers Discover," 2005, 3).
The references should be listed alphabetically in the reference list and should be formatted in the style outlined in the sixth edition of The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Here are some examples for commonly used sources:
- Book by One Author
- Author, A. A. (year). Title of work. Location: Publisher.
- Litwack, L. F. (2009). How free is free?: The long death of Jim Crow. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
- Book by Multiple Authors
- Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year). Title of work. Location: Publisher.
- Martin, M. T. & Yaquinto, M. (Eds.). (2007). Redress for historical injustices in the United States: On reparations for slavery, Jim Crow, and their legacies. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
- Journal Article (Print)
- Author, A. A. (year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, xx, pp-pp.
- Popkin, J. D. (2009). Closer to the truth than any fact: Memoir, memory, and Jim Crow. Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 40, 129-130.
- Journal Article (Accessed Electronically)
- Author, A. A. (year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, xx, pp-pp. doi:xx.xxxxxxxxxx
- Patterson, A. (2009). Germs and Jim Crow: The impact of microbiology on public health policies in progressive era American south. Journal of the History of Biology, 42, 529-559. doi:10.1007/s10739-008-9164-x
- Author, A. A. (year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, xx, pp-pp. Retrieved from www.journalhomepage.com
- Graham, C. A. (2009). Upbuilding black Durham: Gender, class, and black community development in the Jim Crow south. Public Historian, 31, 95-96. Retrieved from http://www.ncph.org/PublicationsandResources/ThePublicHistorian/tabid/311/Default.aspx
For more information, see the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (REF BF 76.7 .P83 2010; available behind the reference desk) and the Concise Rules of APA Style (REF BF 76.7 .C66 2010; also available behind the reference desk).
An earlier version of this guide was created by Susanna Boylston.
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