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Booker T. Washington
Nurses in WWII
Fredrick Douglass 
M.L.K
Biography Research Project
February is Black History Month

ESL Communications 4 & 5
Instructor: Sherry Siler

1. Choose your person
2. Research your person
3. Prepare a Presentation about your person

 Choosing a Topic & Getting Started

For this assignment you must choose a famous person of African decent.
This person does not have to be an African American.

There are many many people to choose from. Try to choose a person from a field, event or subject area that interests you.

It is always more enjoyable to do a project when it involves a subject that honestly interests you.


 Resources to Start You Off

Books at the PCC Library

The Reference Collection is a great place to start your research.
Take a look at some of the titles below to get you started:

African Amaerican Biography
REF E185.96 .A44 1993 (WH)

Contemporary Black Biography
REF E185.96 .C66 (WH & LK)

Facts on File Encyclopedia of Black Women in America
REF E185.96 .F2 1997 (WH & LK)

Notable Black American Men
REF E185.86 .N68 1999

 

You can use LINCCSearch - the online catalog to search for books at either campus
You can search by subject, author, title, or all fields.
Try searching for afro-americans biography using Subject Browse -
You'll see that we have quite a few titles to choose from.

If you want to search LINCC Search for a book on a specific person,
simply enter that person's name in the "find" box and choose "subject keyword" search.

Digging Deeper

Electronic Reference Resources (available to you via the Web: anytime, anywhere)

You have access to many electronic reference resources through the
PCC Library Home Page.
(Your PCC Student ID is your Borrower ID)

Reference, Magazine, Journal and Newspaper article resources

This is just a sample of the many electronic resources available to you.
Most of these resources are available to you anywhere-anytime via the Internet.
Some can only be accessed while you are in the PCC Library - ask the librarian for details.
You can see all the electronic resources available in the PCC libraries by visiting the:
PCC Library Home Page.


Electronic Reference Resources



Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles
(Remember this is not a complete list of the resources available to you, if you don't find what you need - JUST ASK!)

ContempWomenIss - available to enrolled PCC students through FirstSearch
Full text articles on Contemporary Women's Issues on health and human rights

Electric Library - available within the PCC Library - user ID and password required, ask the librarian for details
Full text journal articles, books, newspapers, televison and radio transcripts, maps and photographs

Ethnic News Watch - available to enrolled PCC students through FirstSearch
Full text articles, editorials, and reviews from newspapers, magazines, and journals of ethnic and minority press

JSTOR - available within the PCC Library
Full text access to scholarly journals by title, subject area and keyword searches

Wilson Select - available to enrolled PCC students through FirstSearch
Full text articles from H.W. Wilson resources

* If you want to find articles for magazine, journal or newspaper articles from "days-gone-by"
Try the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature or the New York Times Index -
You'll find these in the reference section of the library and the Librarian will be happy to show you how to use them if you are confused.

Internet Resources
Remember, don't believe everything you read: evaluate your sources!
There are lots of sites that will help you evaluate sources and show you... How to Find Quality Web Sites?

Here are some suggestions

NetFirst  [Available through LINCC Electronic Resources - FirstSearch]
Identifies web sites related to the subject of the biography

...and remember, if you would like assistance - JUST ASK.

That's why we are here.

 

CC Fullerton
2/2001