Library Guides: AFAM 101N: African American Women: Your Topic

Identify and Develop your Topic

♦ Look at your syllabus for topic ideas.

Try These First
a list of online resources that will help you find background information about your topic

♦ Talk to your instructor or librarian.

Examples: use "Harriet Tubman" or "Ida B,Wells" or "Benazir Bhutto" or "Ellen Johnson Sirleaf" (with quotation marks) as your keyword search.

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