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Guides for African American Studies Updated Spring 2012
Last Updated: Jan 30, 2012 URL: http://wiu.libguides.com/content.php?pid=36782 Print Guide RSS UpdatesShareThis

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AAS-The Context

If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated.

Carter G. Woodson

Founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History

 


 

The Research Process

Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind.

It’s not like a leisurely drive on a freshly-paved road on your way to your friend’s house - it takes work and time!

It’s more like speeding down an old, unfamiliar highway, hitting every pothole, missing exit signs and having to back track, and not recognizing where you’re going until you get there… 

 

Objectives

  • Become familiar with standard information retrieval tools in African American Studies
  • Execute effective and efficient search strategies
  • Retrieve the full-text of desired bilbiographic items

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