History + Biography - FYS 100 - Raid the Collections / Barlow, Amy - James P. Adams Library at James P. Adams Library

Setting-Up Google Scholar

Setting-Up Google Scholar
A quick how-to guide to setting-up a Google Scholar account that will link to Adams Library materials.

A Matter of Truth: The Struggle for African Heritage and Indigenous People Equal Rights in Providence, Rhode Island (1620-2020)
A report that examines and documents the role of the City of Providence and State of Rhode Island in supporting a “Separate and Unequal” existence for African heritage, Indigenous, and people of color.

Oxford African American Studies Center This link opens in a new window
Full text collection of scholarship focused on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture. The core content includes: Africana, which presents an account of the African and African American experience in five volumes, the Encyclopedia of African American History, Black Women in America, 2nd ed., and the African American National Biography.

America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
A complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Published since 1964, the database comprises over 490,000 bibliographic entries for periodicals dating back to 1954, providing a research tool for students and researchers of US and Canadian history.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Everyone's favorite full text article database. Perhaps you will find a reference to people or events included in Manuscript F.

Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides a simple way to search for scholarly literature. Set up "Library Links" to discover Adams Library materials.
Rhode Island History Journal -- Online
Search the archives of Rhode Island History, the journal of the Rhode Island Historical Society. Issues between 1942 and 2018 are included.

Adams Library Catalog - Basic Search
Search for books and other materials from the collections of the James P. Adams Library, HELIN Libraries, and world libraries.
Google Books
Search the full-text of books. You won't be able to view more than a couple pages of most of the books, but if you discover books you need in Google Books, you can then find or request those books from HELIN or Interlibrary Loan.
Internet Archive
Digitized books and periodicals, historical and current. To "check out" current books, you will need to create a free account.

African American History in Rhode Island:

African Americans on College Hill, 1950-1979 by Ray Rickman
A print book in the Adams Library. Use the link to get a call number and ask me if you need help finding it.
From slave to citizen: The story of the Negro in Rhode Island by Irving Bartlett
Like Andrew J. Bell, this 1954 book was written by a contemporary of Dr. Gross. It's fully digitized and hosted by Hathi Trust Digital Library.
The bus stops here: A study of school desegregation in three cities
HINT: Providence, RI is one of the cities. This is fully digitized book hosted by the Internet Archive. Create a free account to "check out" this book.

Biographical Books:

Notable Black American Women - Volume I
This book contains biographies of notable Black American women. The internet archive will allow you to borrow the book online for one hour if you create an account. It's free! After you borrow the book, you will need to find a way to save information, either by taking notes or a screenshot of the page(s).
Notable Black American Women - Volume II
This book contains biographies of notable Black American women. The internet archive will allow you to borrow the book online for one hour if you create an account. It's free! After you borrow the book, you will need to find a way to save information, either by taking notes or a screenshot of the page(s).
Who's Who in Colored America. 6th. ed. 1941-1944.
"A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Persons of African Descent in America." Note the dates.