Catalyst
Tips for searching Catalyst:
Begin with an advanced keyword search.
- Enter words that describe your topic (names, places, events, etc.).
- 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 subject heading search and retrieve related books.
Perform a subject heading search in Catalyst only if you know a valid Library of Congress subject heading.
Search "African Americans" to browse a list of relevant subject headings, such as:
- African Americans -- Folklore
- African Americans -- History -- 1863-1877
- African Americans -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Social conditions
Note that many Library of Congress subject headings relevant to African American studies do not begin with "African Americans":
- American Drama -- African American Authors
- Blacks in motion pictures
- United States -- Race Relations
Browse the Stacks
Browsing the stacks can help you evaluate the library's collection in a given field of study. The following call number ranges contain works relevant to African American studies.
|
E184.5 - E185.98 |
African Americans in United States history |
| HC10-HN1085 | Economic history and conditions |
| HN1-HN995 | Social History and conditions. Social problems. Social reform. |
| HX1-HX970.7 | Socialism. Communism. Anarchism. |
| JC11-JC605 | Political Theory |
| JK1-JK9993 | Political Institutions and public administration (United States) |
NOTE: During Spring 2020 you will not be able to physically browse the stacks; however, each catalog record includes a "Virtual Browse" function, which allows you to see the books (print or electronic) that would be "shelved" next to the book you are looking at:
