How Else Are We Going to Conduct Research When (Most of) the Library is Closed? A Workshop for Black Studies Library Research 

• What are your questions?

• Library Services during COVID-19

  • Resources for Remote Learning and Instruction
  • Contactless Pickup
  • Ebook ordering & library cancellations

• Special Collections and University Archives

• Afro American Studies Library Research Guide

  • General guide
  • Historiographical Methods

• Zotero

  • Download app, connector and create account at zotero.org
  • Library Zotero help

• Secondary sources, primary sources

• Open Access versus UMass subscription

• HATHI Trust

  • What does it mean if a book's status is Hathi Trust?
  • Video on how to access HATHI Trust books

• Tools from the internet Archive

  • Open Library
  • Wayback Machine - Important to make sure any websites you cite are archived

• Some notes on Inter-Library Loan during COVID-19

• Need for Black Librarians, BIPOC librarians in general

• Getting help

  • For general help at all hours, use the Ask us service
  • Contact Isabel Espinal for Zoom appointment, book purchase suggestions, research consultations and other specialized help in Black Studies