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ARTS 217: History of African-American Art From 1619 to the Present (HC): Finding Books

ARTS 217: History of African-American Art From 1619 to the Present (Williams) Spring 2017

Identifying Relevant Books

Use Tripod  Connect from Bryn Mawr College      Icon     Icon  to look for relevant books owned by Haverford, Swarthmore, and Bryn Mawr.

The following suggested searches are only a sampling of possibilities. To find materials on a topic not listed below, try doing a keyword search in the Tripod Library Catalog to find relevant titles and then using the subject headings assigned to those items to find more.

  • weems carrie    [Author search]
  • weems carrie   [Subject search]
  • "african american artists" OR "african american art"    [Subject search with the newest titles listed first]
  • portrait* [Keyword search] AND ("african american*" [Subject search ]  AND photograph* [Subject search]       

Beyond the Tri-College Collections

WorldCat is an important place to look for many materials not owned by the Tri-College Libraries. This combined library catalog contains more than 300 million records describing items owned by libraries around the world. Many of these items are available to you though Haverford Library's interlibrary loan service.