Library hours: Monday-Thursday 8:00-6:00, Friday 8:00-4:00
Reference databases are
A great place to start your research
Provide definitions, introductory information, facts, vocabulary/keywords, names
Preferred over Wikipedia by your instructors
Include citations for your bibliography!
Collection of encyclopedias, reference databases, issue topic databases
ProCon.org - web source that focuses on the pros and cons of controversial issues.
Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes scholarly literature across an array of disciplines including peer-reviewed academic journals and books, conference papers, theses and dissertations. Some of the resources are freely available full-text, others you will need to request using the library's Article or Book Request Forms.
The Spring 2024 all-campus book read is Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.
The book discussion will take place on Thursday, March 14 at 4:15pm in Heaton 232 (or virtually).
In honor of Black History Month, please join Drs. Cowan and Ford from Slippery Rock University to discuss the past, present, and future of Black history in Pittsburgh.
Tuesday, February 20 at 12:45pm via GoToMeeting.
(Pittsburgh-born Charles “Teenie” Harris was the preeminent photographer for the Pittsburgh Courier, one of the nation’s most prominent Black newspapers photographing Pittsburgh’s historic African American community from 1935 to 1975).
What are Open Educational Resource (OER)? How do they benefit students and faculty? How are they being used at BC3, and how do you find and incorporate them into a BC3 course? Read more.....
In honor of Genocide Awareness Month, renowned journalist & author Elizabeth Becker will be giving a virtual talk on the Cambodian Genocide. Becker was one of the few female reporters on the frontlines during the Vietnam War.
Thursday, April 16 @ 12:45pm via GoToMeeting
Photo: Inside S-21, Tuol Sleng, one of the detention centers during the Cambodian Genocide
Comprehensive coverage of the African American experience from the early 18th century to the present day
Sourced from more than 19,000 American and global news sources, including over 400 current and historical Black publications
Historical collection of newspapers that contains first-hand accounts of seminal events affecting American society from 1690 to 2000. The material is organized through a visual timeline-based interface but you can also use a keyword search to locate content. The resource collection is comprised of newspapers from around the country, containing articles as they appeared in print, as well as political cartoons, advertisements and obituaries.
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