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Use databases to find articles on your topic. These databases are the best place to start.

• America: History and Life
  Covers the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada from prehistoric times to the present.
  Date coverage: 1964-present.
  
  
• Proquest Black Newspapers
  ProQuest Black Newspapers provides access to Black newspapers from across the U.S. Titles include: Afro-American Red Star, Call and Post, Chicago Defender, Houston Post, Michigan Chronicle, Muslim Journal, New Journal & Guide, New York Amsterdam News, Los Angeles Sentinel.

• Ethnic Newswatch
  Ethnic NewsWatch is a full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
  Date coverage: 1985-presen
  
  
• Expanded Academic ASAP
  Contains scholarly and general publications. 50% full text.
  Date coverage: 1980-present.
  
  
• African American Newspapers 1827-1998
  Provides access to content from historical African American newspaper. This database will continue to be updated through Fall 2009.
  
  

Tips: When searching databases, use AND, OR, and parentheses to focus your search.

The asterisk * symbol will search for all variations of a word. For example: basket* will search for baskets and basketry. Using quotes will search for a phrase.

Combine synonyms with OR and put them inside parentheses, like this:

"Martin Luther King, Jr." AND (speech* OR sermon*)

Here's another example:

("civil right*") AND (protest* OR activis*)

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