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Finding Books
Finding Magazine, Journal and Reference Articles
Selected Web Sites
Citing sources
The PLS Online Catalog is the online catalog to find books in Skyline Library and Peninsula Library System (PLS) libraries.
- Click on the drop-down menu at the left column, and select "SUBJECT Key Word(s)"
- Type your subject in the entry box at the right column.
- Some suggested search words:
- Nelson Mandela
- Apartheid
- Limit your search to books at Skyline by clicking on the Limit button at the right side of the page and then scroll down to near the bottom and click on Skyline College Library and then click GO.
Gale History Resource Center - on campus or
off-campus w/ library card
Reference articles,
primary documents, and full-text journal articles covering all aspects of
- Enter search word(s) in the search box and click the Search button.
- To narrow searches, combine concepts with AND; for multiple words with the
same root, use *
Example: - At the results page, additional articles may be
available by clicking on the article type tabs--"Periodicals", "Primary
Sources",
"Maps & Images" & "Reference Materials" at the top of the page.
- Click on the title of an article to display the full
text of the article.
InfoTrac OneFile Database - on campus or
off-campus w/ library card
Excellent general
periodical database.
- To search only for articles that include the full text (the whole article) in the database, check the "articles with text" box under "Limit the current search" (below the text entry box)
- Enter search words in the search box and click the Search button.
- To narrow searches, combine concepts with AND; for multiple words with the
same root, use *
Example: - Click on the title of an article to display the full text of the article.
- Once you find one article specifically on your topic, click on any relevant subject headings (near the bottom of the article page) to find more articles on that topic.
South Africa: History: From the official website
of the government of South Africa
South African History Online: “A non-partisan people’s history project, established in 1999
to promote research; to popularize South African history and to address the
biased way in which the history and cultural heritage of Black South Africans
has been represented in our educational and heritage institutions.” View their:
South Africa
Historical Chronology (timeline)
African
National Congress (ANC): Web site
of this "national liberation movement....formed in 1912 to unite the
African people and spearhead the struggle for fundamental political, social and
economic change." The site includes copies of speeches and documents,
biographies of the party's present and past leadership (including Nelson
Mandela), archives of its publications, and information about its structure.
The ANC is allied with the South African Communist Party (SACP)
and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU).
The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela: Companion site to the PBS "Frontline" episode "tells the story of the man behind the myth, probing Mandela's character, leadership and life's method through intimate recollections with friends, political allies, adversaries, and his fellow prisoners and jailers on Robben Island where Mandela spent 18 of his 27 prison years." Includes a transcript of the show, a chronology, interviews, anecdotes, commentary, and a teachers' guide.
The Mandela Page: Biographical
information with photographs and selected speeches, statements, and writings
from 1950-1999. From the African National Congress (ANC) Web site.
South Africa: Part of the Country
Studies/Area Handbook series "describing and analyzing [
Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Proceedings,
transcripts, audio recordings, and other official documentation from the
governmental commission created to provide for "the investigation and the
establishment of as complete a picture as possible of the nature, causes and
extent of gross violations of human rights" committed in
South Africa: History: An extensive
set of web links from Stanford University Library.
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