Library Guides: Social Movements Resources- HI 341: Schewe Library Resources

Call Numbers and Subject Searches

Helpful Call Numbers

Schewe Library is organized by the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system. The following call numbers will help you find books related to class topics.

African American History: 973.0496 (upper floor)

Black Americans: political and civil rights (includes both the 1960s Civil Rights Movement and BLM) : 323.1196 (lower floor)

Emancipation: 326.8 (lower floor)

Black feminism: 305.4208 (lower floor)

Gay rights movement (DDC does not have specific call number for Black people involved in the movement): 323.326 (lower floor)

United States history: 973

Example Subject Searches

Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century

African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century

Black lives matter movement

Social movements-- United States

Police abolition movement

Helpful Schewe Databases

Accessible Archives This link opens in a new window
A historical newspaper database, Accessible Archives contains dozens of complete or near-complete runs of 18th and 19th century newspapers. In particular, the database contains an extensive selection of African American newspapers, as well as a variety of books, monographs, and pamphlets from 18th and 19th century America.
Black Thought and Culture This link opens in a new window
Black Thought and Culture is a landmark electronic collection of approximately 100,000 pages of non-fiction writings by major American black leaders—teachers, artists, politicians, religious leaders, athletes, war veterans, entertainers, and other figures—covering 250 years of history.
EBSCO eBook - Academic Collection This link opens in a new window
This multidisciplinary collection includes thousands of e-books covering a large selection of academic subjects and features e-books from leading publishers and university presses.
New York Public Library Digital Collections This link opens in a new window
Contains almost 700,000 images digitized from various New York Public Library collections. The search functionality isn't too fantastic, so try browsing a specific collection for best results.
US History (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
This history database covers the most-studied aspects of American history using a variety of primary, secondary, reference, and multimedia content. Great for getting background and context information for your papers.
US History (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
This history database provides access to over 500 full-text scholarly journals and magazines relating to U.S. history. There is a good mix of content appropriate for novice researchers and content for veteran historians in this database.
Women and Social Movements This link opens in a new window
Women and Social Movements in the United States brings together primary documents, books, images, scholarly essays, book reviews, web site reviews, and teaching tools, all documenting the multiplicity of women’s activism in public life.

Social Movements Resources- HI 341: Schewe Library Resources

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Call Numbers and Subject Searches

Helpful Call Numbers

Example Subject Searches

Helpful Schewe Databases