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Fullerton College Library

Black History Month

Black History Month Origins and 2022 Theme

Origins of Black History Month

Find out the the origins of Black History Month here:  Association for the Study of African American Life and History

How Black History Month was established: see Law Library at the Library of Congress

2023 Theme: Black Resistance

 

Start Here! Library Tools to Help Student Researchers Begin

To Start:

OneSearch: Search library resources in one box!

  • Open a browser tab.
  • Go to: library.fullcoll.edu.
  • Search in OneSearch box (middle/top): [Black History]
  • Click Search.

FC Library is available 24/7 online. In fact, the majority of FC Library's books and periodicals are online resources. Faculty librarians select resources to support off-campus students, including materials such as:
1) eBooks (over 160,000, available off campus); and
2) Databases that provide students with access to: primary sources, periodicals (e.g., journals,
magazines, newspapers, and trade publications), legal resources, and more.
The library website offers sections such as: “How to Research” and “Research Tips and; Tricks,” featuring several pages dedicated to: 1) The research process, 2) Resource eval, and 3) Citation of sources. The library website offers users both: 1) Video clips regarding the
research process, and 2) Links to other Internet resources.

During library open hours, reach a librarian via text (714.732.5694), email (librarian@fullcoll.edu), or chat (https://library.fullcoll.edu/ask-a-librarian/). Emails are generally answered within one business day. Library chat allows our distance education students to communicate synchronously with a librarian to receive reference assistance.

Acknowledgment

Permission to reuse and adapt the above  box titled " Start Here! Library Tools to Help Student Researchers Begin" was graciously granted by FC Librarian MD Starkey.