For this subject, it's a natural to guide patron's to our magnificent collection at the Main library downtown (In fact, I'd like to hear from the folks in that department what patrons would be most interested in from the collection). However, some patrons may not want to make the trip and are only interested in what is available at their local branch and what they can access online from home. Have any suggestions? Please give us your thoughts!
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We often pull out our African American History and Biography reference books to a single cart at the beginning of February to give customers a start. My first question is "does it really
ReplyDeletehave to be a book?" We show customers that the material from our databases is exactly what would be found in a book or magazine. History Resource Center can be an excellent starting point. Do you need a picture or an article that we can only find in a non-circulating book? Sometimes we can get that faxed over. Also, in recommended websites for both History and Biography we have links to some excellent online resources.
For African American Inventors we often find inventors for whom almost nothing is known. In this case we often use Google Patent Search to find things patented by the person in question. This at least gives them something concrete.
The African American Experience is a good database.
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