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