LibGuides: African American History-JSCC Library Resources: Home

Finding a book

You have access to over 54,000 printed books and 220,000 electronic books. These books can give you an in-depth look at an historical topic.

To find books in the JSCC Library, use the Online Catalog

You may also want to come into the JSCC Library and browse in the various subject areas of the library. Searching the indexes of printed books can be very helpful.

Click here for a search of the catalog for all books dealing with the topic of African American History

Interlibrary Loan

If you need a book that the Jackson State Community College Library doesn't own, please contact Vanessa Jones at 731-424-3520 ext. 50325 or by email at vjones13@jscc.edu

Provide her with the author, title, date of publication and publisher. The Library will then ask another library to loan us the book. We use the Online College Library Center to connect us to most academic libraries in the country.

It takes about 2 weeks for a book to be sent here from another library.

Difference Between Primary and Secondary Sources

Difference between Primary and Secondary Sources

Newspapers

Index to Jackson Sun
Articles from the Jackson Sun sine 2003.

Finding Journal Articles About Historical Topics

Gale OneFile: U.S. History
40 journals in American History are available in full-text in this database.
Humanities Full Text
This database provides full text of journal articles from history, as well as literature.

JSTOR
JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that creates and maintains an archive of important scholarly journals. "JSTOR offers researchers the ability to retrieve high- resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. The journals archived in JSTOR span many disciplines, including ecology, economics, history, language, literature, mathematics and sociology."

Citing your Sources

Finding Background Information about American History

Here is an excellent resource that provide overviews of topics in American History or provide biographical information.

CREDO REFERENCE
Excellent source of background information on a topic.

Search Everything in the Library

All Search
Search all the library's holdings in one search. This is great for when you want to see if the library has enough information for a research paper or when you can't find much on a topic.

Electronic books

African American Experience in World War II
This book describes what African Americans went through on the home front and in battle.

Getting Help from the JSCC Library

Primary Source Materials

Primary Documents in American History
"The Library of Congress is home to many of the most important documents in American history.
This Web site provides links to materials digitized from the collections of the Library of Congress that supplement and enhance the study of these crucial documents." Covers the years 1775-1872.
Volunteer Voices
"Volunteer Voices provides a central point for accessing digital collections of primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, oral histories, artifacts, etc.) that document the history and culture of Tennessee."

Web Sites of Interest

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936 to 1938
Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery
A companion site to the PBS documentary on the origins and legacy of American slavery, including episodes on the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.
The Liberator
The actual issues from William Lloyd Garrison's abolitionist newspaper from the 1800s.

Videos on the African American Experience

Black Studies in Video
Excellent videos on all aspects of African American history and culture