Wednesday, April 30, 2008

CETL Calendar

For students and faculty asking at the Reference Desk for classes, if it is not a library class, it could be taking place in CETL. To get to their calendar through the WSSU Web site, go to: http://cf.wssu.edu/workshop/ws_registerDirectURL.cfm?ws_sponsor=CITTLE.

There is another calendar that pertains only to their lab. It is a public folder in Outlook. Go to “Public Folder,” go to “All Public Folders” > “CITTLE Labs” calendar > “Multimedia Lab” calendar.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Dr. Davis assignment/200 black males from NC

Hello all

We can use the African American Studies Center for the assignment that we all know about, where students have to find 200 black males from North Carolina. I found two "tried and true" resources.

African American Studies Center
I used the African American Studies Center database.

When you access it, go to "Search" in the top left, and then click on "biographies."

You can set your search limits to "males" and birth place to North Carolina. Then click search, and it gives 173 males born in North Carolina.

Africana Encyclopedia (DT14 .A37435 2005 )
The students can look up "North Carolina" as an entry or browse the names for those affiliated with North Carolina.

There are probably other resources, but these are the simplest to explain.