Monday, December 7, 2015

Example of a productive search using library databases

These search results came using the following search terms and guidelines: los angeles watts rebellion segregation. I started using Academic Search Premier. I selected full text. I also selected choose databases, and added Newspaper Source Plus and Primary Search.






Search Results: 1 - 10 of 288 

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    'AN OUTPOST OF STRENGTH': THE LOS ANGELES TIMES PERFORMS LAW AND ORDER VERSUS CHAOS DURING THE WATTS REBELLION OF 1965. 

    Periodical
    By: Perry, Weena. Afterimage.  Jul/Aug2005, Vol. 33 Issue 1, p32-37. 6p. 5 Black and White Photographs. , Database: Academic Search Premier
    Subjects: PHOTOGRAPHS; REPORTERS & reporting; RIOTS; PERIODICALS; CALIFORNIA; Other printing; News Dealers and Newsstands; Book stores and news dealers; Book, Periodical, and Newspaper Merchant Wholesalers; Book, periodical and newspaper merchant wholesalers; Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers; Independent writers and authors; FRYE, Marquette
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  • 2.

    The Many Meanings of Watts: Black Power, Wattstax, and the Carceral State. 

    Periodical
    By: Murch, Donna. OAH Magazine of History.  Jan2012, Vol. 26 Issue 1, p37-40. 4p. , Database: Academic Search Premier
    Subjects: WATTS Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965; BLACK power -- United States; HISTORY; POLICE brutality; MUSIC festivals; LOS Angeles (Calif.); CALIFORNIA; WATTSTAX (Film)
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  • 3.

    Heroic Rescuers of the 1992 Los Angeles Rebellion An Alturistic Response to Violence. 

    Academic Journal
    By: Ellis, Linda. Paths of Learning.  Summer2002, Issue 13, p47. 6p. , Database: Academic Search Premier
    Subjects: RIOTS; DEMONSTRATIONS (Collective behavior); RESCUE work; CALIFORNIA; LOS Angeles (Calif.); UNITED States
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  • 4.

    Watts: the fire next time. 

    Periodical
    By: Alsop, Stewart. Saturday Evening Post.  11/6/1965, Vol. 238 Issue 22, p20-20. 1p. 1 Black and White Photograph. , Database: Academic Search Premier
    Subjects: RACISM; WATTS Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965; AFRICAN Americans -- History; HISTORY; LOS Angeles(Calif.); CALIFORNIA; UNITED States
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  • 5.

    Looking Back: 40 Years After the 1965 Watts Riots. 

    Periodical
    By: Joiner, Lottie L. Crisis (15591573).  Jul/Aug2005, Vol. 112 Issue 4, p9-9. 3/4p. , Database: Academic Search Premier
    Subjects: WATTS Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965; COMPLAINTS against police; RIOTS; WATTS (Calif.); CALIFORNIA; BURKE, Yvonne Brathwaite, 1932- -- Interviews
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  • 6.

    It's been 30 years since the Watts riots. 

    News
    By: Siems, Shelby; McLaughlin, Abraham. Christian Science Monitor.  8/14/95, Vol. 87 Issue 181, p2. , Database: Academic Search Premier
    Subjects: WATTS Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965
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  • 7.

    1965. 

    Periodical
    By: Ward, Nathan. American Heritage.  Dec90, Vol. 41 Issue 8, p46. 1/4p. , Database: Academic Search Premier
    Subjects: WATTS Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965; GOVERNMENTAL investigations; RACE relations; LOS Angeles (Calif.); CALIFORNIA; UNITED States; CALIFORNIA. Watts Commission
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  • 8.

    It’s the Racism, Stupid. 

    Periodical
    By: Kreitner, Richard. Nation.  9/15/2014, Vol. 299 Issue 11, p8-8. 1/5p. , Database: Academic Search Premier
    Subjects: WATTS Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965; RACE relations; HISTORY; UNITED States; MCWILLIAMS, Carey, 1905-1980
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  • 9.

    Keeping the Black in Media Production: One L.A. Rebellion Filmmakers Notes. 

    Academic Journal
    By: DAVIS, ZEINABU IRENE. Cinema Journal.  Summer2014, Vol. 53 Issue 4, p157-161. 5p. , Database: Academic Search Premier
    Subjects: BLACK directors; BLACK films; BLACKS in motion pictures; BLACKS on television; TELEVISION -- Production & direction; MOTION pictures -- Production & direction; POPULAR culture; UNIVERSITY of California, Los Angeles. School of Theater, Film & Television; Motion Picture and Video Production
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  • 10.

    The wonder of the Watts Towers. 

    Periodical
    By: Auerbach, Susan. Highlights for Children.  May98, Vol. 53 Issue 5, p16. 2p. 6 Color Photographs, 1 Black and White Photograph. Reading Level (Lexile): 880. , Database: Primary Search
    Subjects: CALIFORNIA; LOS Angeles (Calif.); UNITED States; SIMON Rodia's Towers (Los Angeles, Calif.); RODIA, Simon, 1879-1965
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