LibGuides: African American History: Home

Off Campus Library Support Guide

See our Off Campus Library Services subject guide for detailed information regarding our off-campus services and support.

Phone Numbers

Reference Librarian
Leif Pierson 903-510-3149

Circulation Desk
903-510-2502

Library Hours

Fall and Spring

Mon - Thu    7:30 to11:30
Friday          7:30 to 5:00
Saturday     10:00 to 2:00
Sunday         1:00 to 5:00

Summer I and II

Mon - Thurs 8:00 to 9:00
Friday 8:00 to 5:00

African American History

"African-American History Monument -- State Capitol Grounds Columbia (SC) 2012" by Ron Cogswell is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Some TJC Library Databases

Biography Reference Bank
Locate biographical information by occupation, gender, place of origin, birth date. Includes profiles of substantial length for over 600,000 individuals and many images.

Salem History
Information from seven decades, from the 1930's through the 1990's. Also includes music and musicians from the 1920's. This set is an online companion to our print resources, so content may grow as we add more titles.

Education Research Complete
Very comprehensive collection of education journals covering all areas of education. Includes full-text of journals, books, monographs and conference papers.
Credo Reference
Easy to use tool for research projects and homework that includes hundreds of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations and subject specific titles as well as 200,000+ images and audio files and nearly 100 videos.

African-American History Online
A comprehensive database, covering African Americans throughout American history. Includes slide show overviews, videos, timelines, and a topic list.

Subject Guide

Leif Pierson

Contact:

903-510-3149

Interlibrary Loan

ILL Form
Form to make an Interlibrary Loan request

Can't find what you need after searching our collections? Complete an ILL form (see link below) and we'll be happy to request it for you from another library. Please allow 24 to 48 hours for article requests and approximately two weeks for book requests. For information, email Lilly Smith at lsmi2@tjc.edu or call 903-510-2645.