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Library Guides: English 1
David Robinson, Instructor
Developed by Connie Fly, Librarian
URL: http://cos.edu/library/libraryguideseng1robinson.htm
DEFINITIONS
civil rights
pl.n.
The rights belonging to an individual by virtue of citizenship, especially the
fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th Amendments
to the U.S. Constitution and by subsequent acts of Congress, including civil
liberties, due process, equal protection of the laws, and freedom from
discrimination.
ADJECTIVE:
or civ·il-rights (s v  l-r ts)
- Of or relating to such rights or privileges: civil rights
legislation.
- Of or relating to a political movement, especially during the 1950s and
1960s, devoted to securing equal opportunity and treatment for members of
minority groups.
civil lib·er·ties
(lbr-t z)
pl.n.
Fundamental individual rights, such as freedom of speech and
religion, protected by law against unwarranted governmental or other
interference
REFERENCE BOOKS - Located on the first floor
of the library behind the Reference Desk. These books must remain in the
library. Please feel free to ask the librarian at the Reference Desk to
help you locate the best Reference Sources to answer your specific information
needs. This is just a sampling of what you can find in the Reference
Section of the Library.
- African American Encyclopedia - Call #R 973 A258
- Atlas of African-American History - Call #R 973.0496 C573
- Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History - Call # R
973 En56
- Encyclopedia of the American Constitution - R 342.73 En56
- The Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America - Call # R 323.1 En56
- Encyclopedia of Gun Control and Gun Control Rights - Call # R 363.33
Ut93
- Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism - Call # R 306.4 En56
- Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America - Call # R 305.8 G151
- Reference Library of Black America - Call # R 973.0496
- Voting Rights in America Call # R 342.73072
SUBJECT HEADINGS you
can use to locate books in the
COS Online Book Catalog
at http://libserver2.cos.edu/WebOPAC/index.asp
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African Americans--Civil rights |
Black Power |
Capital
Punishment |
Censorship |
Civil rights |
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Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century. |
Condemned Books |
Creoles |
Firearms --law and legislation |
Freedom of Information |
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Freedom of the Press |
Freedom of privacy |
Freedom of Religion |
Freedom of Speech |
Gun Control |
Internal Security--United States
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Ku Klux Klan |
Motion Pictures-Censorship |
Prayer in Public Schools |
Privacy, Right of |
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Racial Profiling in Law Enforcement |
Searches and Seizures |
Suffrage |
Students--Civil Rights |
Students --Legal Status |
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United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation |
United States--Race Relations |
United States-Constitution (subdivisions will list specific amendments) |
United States--Constitutional Laws--Amendments |
Voting |
PERIODICALS INDEXES AND DATABASES
For
current social issue topics, periodicals (magazines, journals and newspapers)
usually are the best source of timely and authoritative
information. To find out which periodicals have articles on a given topic, it is
necessary to use an index. Indexes are available in paper and electronic
formats. The library subscribes to approximately 35 indexes, 380
periodicals and 13 newspapers and are
physically available in the Periodicals Counter on the first floor of the
library. These are all listed on the
Magazine
Title Holdings at
http://www.cos.edu/library/periodicalsalpha.htm . For periodicals that
the COS Library does not have available, there is also the possibility of an
Inter-Library Loan with Fresno State University.
However, through the Electronic
Resources link
http://cos.edu/library/electronic.htm, on the COS Library’s Web Site, a
student can locate indexing and many full-text periodical articles regardless of
whether the Library subscribes to the source. Because these indexes are part of
what is known as the Invisible Web, that is, proprietary databases, they
are available by subscription only; the Library pays fees so that COS students
can use them. If a student is off campus, passwords are necessary to access
these databases. Passwords are available for COS students at the COS Library
Information Desk or by calling the Library at (559) 737-6179.
Use a Tutorial called: How to
Find Magazines and Newspapers, at
http://cos.edu/library/Databases.htm to learn how to search a
database, specifically InfoTrac.
Since
March 14, 2005 you are visitor number:
This page was last updated:
November 13, 2006
For questions and comments, please mail to:
connief@cos.edu
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