HISTORY 231/SCHMOLL/LIBRARY ASSIGNMENT

Here's the handout from class. Feel free to print this out or simply use it to make your own form.
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Name:

DUE AT THE START OF CLASS Monday

Step One: Go to the library website: http://www.csub.edu/library/
Click on “CSUB Library Catalogue” (under the heading “Research Tools”)
Step Two: Go to the library. Search for books on slavery in the Americas.
Some good search tools to find the sections on slavery might be the following:
Slavery, United States, plantation, south, antebellum, history.
If you are having trouble finding a book on slavery, speak to a reference librarian on the first floor. They can be incredibly helpful.
You may use any book on slavery in the Americas (yes, that includes Brazil or the Caribbean). The book should not be a children’s book, but it may be on any topic within the world of slavery. The book should be about slavery itself and not reconstruction or Jim Crow or anything that happened after the Civil War.
Step Three: Go to the stacks and find the book. Remember, often when you go to one
particular book, the area around that book is full of other fine titles.
Step Four: Check the book out.
Step Five: Fill in the information below.
Author Name:
Book Title:
Year Published:

Look at the table of contents. Based on the title of this book and by glancing at the table of contents, what do you think this book will be about? What do you expect the author will discuss? (2-3 sentences)

PLEASE REMEMBER, THERE ARE 95 OTHER PEOPLE DOING THIS SAME ASSIGNMENT. THAT SHOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET THIS DONE EARLY. MORE IMPORTANTLY, GET THIS DONE IN AN HONORABLE WAY. IF YOU ARE IN THE STACKS OF BOOKS, DO NOT TAKE TWENTY BOOKS TO A TABLE TO SEE WHICH ONE YOU WANT TO READ. TAKE THEM ONE AT A TIME SO THAT YOU DO NOT HINDER THE SEARCHING OF YOUR CLASSMATES. DO NOT PUT BOOKS IN SECRET LOCATIONS SO THAT YOU CAN GO BACK LATER AND CHECK THEM OUT…