Skip to Main Content

The Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina

Link to Library Search

  • A keyword search finds records with all the words you entered
      • civil rights movement
    • Use an asterisk * to find varied world endings:
      • speech* finds speech or speeches
    • Use "quotation marks" to search for exact phrases
      • "civil rights" "south carolina"
    • Look for subject headings in a book record to find effective keywords
      • "Orangeburg (S.C.)" history
    • Search for Carolina instead of South Carolina or North Carolina
    • Search for relevant US Presidents whose tenure coincided with civil rights decisions and events
  • To find eBooks, add "electronic books" to your search
    • school integration "electronic books"

Books from Catalog Searches

These are secondary sources. Look for evidence of scholarship:

  • Academic author
  • Published by a university or specialized press
  • Lengthy bibliographies
  • In-depth coverage

Primary Sources in Books

What if Clemson Doesn't Own the Book I Need?

Search Dissertations

Keep up with your Books

Discovering Books beyond the CU Libraries

The bibliographies of books & articles, as well as online booksellers' websites (Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, etc.), are all good sources of book information. Other places to look: