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Connecting people with information through libraries Exploring African American History at the New Jersey State Library Deborah Mercer, New Jersey Collections Librarian May 23 rd , 2017 Connecting people with information through libraries 1
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Exploring African American History at the New Jersey State LibraryDeborah Mercer, New Jersey Collections Librarian
May 23rd, 2017
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A Few Highlights…
• New Jersey African
American History
Curriculum
• The Ironsides Echo
• Reports of the Urban
Colored Population
Commission
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The New Jersey African American history curriculum guide, grades 9 to 12
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The New Jersey African American history curriculum guide, grades 9 to 12
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http://www.njstatelib.org/research_library/
The New Jersey African American History Curriculum Guide, grades 9 to 12
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The New Jersey African American History Curriculum Guide, grades 9 to 12
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The New Jersey African American History Curriculum Guide, grades 9 to 12
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https://dspace.njstatelib.org/xmlui
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Begin at the Research Library homepagehttp://www.njstatelib.org/research_library/
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New Jersey State Library Digital Collectionshttps://dspace.njstatelib.org/xmlui
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All Collections
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Use this as the URL in citations
ReadDownload
Searching the Digital Library
• 104 page PDF
version
• Fully searchable
• All readings are
included in each
chapter
• Could be easily
printed out
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The Ironsides EchoManual Training and Industrial School for Colored Youth
• School existed from
1886 - 1955
• Echo began 1917
• NJSL has 28 issues
(1935-1955)
• Final issue – Historical
Edition
• Pdf use copies.
Request Tiff.
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Click this link to go to all education
annual reports
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Navigate to the reports to search within them.
Search only these reports
All collections
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Random searches
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Permanent Link
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Discover
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Control F to search within the document
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Links in Catalog
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Link to digital resource in catalog
