One Book One College 2022 - 2023: Welcome

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead. Anchor Books. 2020.

This guide will assist you in finding research sources for One Book One College.  This is a great place to start looking for a topic, finding books, articles and more.

Topics and search terms related to the book:

• Martin Luther King, Jr. speeches
• Jim Crow laws
• racial disparities
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Woolworth's lunch counter sit-ins
• Dozier School for Boys / Florida State Reform School
• civil rights movement 1960's
• indigenous schools in U.S. and Canada

Use these search terms in various databases such as:

America History & Life wide variety of resources in American history; includes some primary source material

Life Magazine 1936 - 2000; news coverage and photographs from 1960's

Literary Reference Center Plus biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors; excellent for comtemporary U.S. authors.

Academic Search Complete for magazine and journal articles

JSTOR for articles in journals and other publications

SocINDEX with Full-Text for articles in journals, magazines and other publications related to sociology

PsycArticles for articles in journals and other publications related to psychology

CQ Researcher: for comprehensive reports and analysis of issues in the news

Newspapers - U.S. Major Dailies: full-text access to The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune

The Research Process consists of the following 5 steps:

1. Researching a Topic
2. Selecting Keywords
3. Searching for Sources
4. Evaluating Sources
5. Creating a Sources List

For more information on the Research Process, review the Start Your Research section on this guide.