African-American Heros 
ENC 0010 - Spring 2001

 Ellen Massey

Reference Resouces | Books at PCC | Electronic Resources (Databases) | Articles | Internet Resources

For this assignment you must choose a famous person from the African-American Heros list.
Consult your instructor if there is there is a person you would like to research who is not on the list.

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.

Reference Books
You can find the titles (and others) listed below by using LINCCSearch, PCC's online catalog.

General Biography Reference Books

  • American National Biography
  • Dictionary of American Biography
  • Dictionary of World Biography
  • Encyclopedia of World Biography
  • Great Lives From History.American Women Series
  • Great Lives From History. Ancient and Medieval Series
  • Great Lives From History. Twentieth Century Series

 

 Special Topics

  • American Men and Women of Science 
  • Biographical Dictionary of Artists
  • Black Women in America
  • Contemporary Black Biography
  • Contemporary Musicians
  • Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  • Gay & Lesbian Biography
  • New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
  • Notable Twentieth Century Scientists
  • Portraits of Pioneers in Psychology

 

LINCCSearch
PCC's Online Catalog

You can use LINCCSearch - the online catalog to search for books at either campus
You can search by subject, author, title, or all fields.

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

Locating biographies in LINCC
Search using "Subject Keyword" for a specific name, profession, geographic area,
or nationality followed by the subheading "biography"
Example: steinbeck biography
Example: scientists biography

Video Selections: You can also search for biographical videos using LINCC
(select audio/visuals from the "Materials" drop down list at the bottom of the LINCCSearch screen).
PCC maintains a video library on both campuses.
Students may view videos only in the library or TLCC.

Electronic Indexes & Databases
You can use PCC's many electronic resources to find full text journal, magazine & newspaper articles, electronic reference resources, and reviewed Web sites. 

Full text resources will provide you with the entire article.
Databases that abstract or index provide you with a citation for an article then you have to go find the article yourself.

Many of PCC's electronic resources are available for use remotely - you can use these resources at home, in the TLCC, or anywhere you have Internet Access. 

These resources will require your Student ID for you to logon.

"Borrower ID" is your PCC student ID number.

Electronic access to Reference Resources
Electronic Access to Reference sources like Encyclopedia of World Biography, Current Biography, American National Biography...
Check the LINCCSearch online catalog for availability if you would like to use the print version of these resources.

Electronic Access to Newspaper, magazine, & journal articles

* Remember the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature and The New York Times Indexes are in the Reference Collection. If your are looking for older articles (interviews with astronauts, presidents, or what-ever...) you'll find the citations here. The library has back issues of Life, Time, The New York Times and many other periodical resources that you may find interesting and useful to your research.

 

Internet Resources

Using an Internet search engine such as Yahoo, Infoseek, or Alta Vista may lead to links for the subject of the biography.
A good search strategy is to enclose the name of the person in quotes and add the notation biography;
for example: +"Jane Doe" +biography.

...and remember, if you would like assistance

JUST ASK.

That's why we are here.

 

CC Fullerton
3/2001