LibGuides: HIST 215: Civil Rights Movement: Background Sources

Interlibrary Loan and Reciprocal Borrowing

One good reason to start your research early is that your perfect source may not be in Hege Library. But you can request or borrow many sources -- including print books and articles -- from other libraries using these programs:

Triad Area Library Association
Students of TALA libraries can borrow from any other TALA library by showing their student ID. Items must be returned to the library that they were borrowed from.
Interlibrary Loan
A guide to requesting items through the library catalog. You will be notified by email when the item is available for pickup. Please note that ebooks cannot be requested through Interlibrary Loan.

Library Catalog

Keywords and Phrases for Research

Civil Rights Movement	Martin Luther King Jr.	Medgar Evers
Rosa Parks	Thurgood Marshall	Emett Till
Malcolm X	Plessy Vs. Ferguson	Voting Rights Act (1965)
Brown Vs. Board of Ed.	Twenty Fourth Amendment	Freedom Summer
Lunch Counter Sit ins	Civil Disobedience	Little Rock Nine
School integration	Freedom Riders	Black Panthers
Montgomery Bus Boycott	March on Washington	Civil Rights Act 1964

Example Reference E-books

Blacks in and Out of the Left by Michael C. Dawson
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 9780674057685
Publication Date: 2013-06-18
Citizens of Asian America by Cindy I-Fen Cheng
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780814759356
Publication Date: 2013-05-31
First Amendment Institutions by Paul Horwitz
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780674055414
Publication Date: 2013-01-07

Biographical Information

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HIST 215: Civil Rights Movement

Interlibrary Loan and Reciprocal Borrowing

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Keywords and Phrases for Research

Example Reference E-books

Biographical Information