Search for books, articles, and more through our library search system.
This video shows you how to search for print books using the library's search system.
Encyclopedia of African-American Literature by 
The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature by 
Writing African American Women by Start with a simple keyword search in the library catalog to identify one or more relevant books. Once you have located a relevant item, you can look at the item's Library of Congress Subject Headings within the item's full record tab and follow the subject heading links in the catalog to find other, similar or related books.
You can also refine your results by using the facets on the left side of the screen to narrow down by format, language, or additional subject headings.
You can combine search terms together to either narrow or broaden your results by using boolean operators. And, Or, and Not are three examples of common boolean operators. Notice in this image how combining keywords with AND narrows your search, and combining like terms with OR can expand your search. NOT is helpful when you want to filter out unhelpful information.
