Catalyst is the shared online catalog of the libraries of Carleton College and St. Olaf College. It provides an access point to the books, periodicals, government documents, and electronic resources available at Carleton or St. Olaf.

There are many ways to locate books that are relevant to your research topic:

1. Search for books by doing a simple keyword search in Catalyst (in the search box above). Enter words that describe your topic (names, places, events, etc.).
2. When you find a book on your topic, examine its subject headings for relevance to your topic. Click on a hyperlinked subject heading to perform a subject heading search.
3. Conduct a virtual browse at the very bottom of a book record in Catalyst, to discover related titles.
4. Look at the bibliography of books you have already identified as useful. 
5. Use the advanced search box below to search by subject.

Relevant subject headings include:

• Black people
• African diaspora
• African Americans 
• African American + [job] (African American pharmacists, etc)