Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Research Challenge

I am having some trouble researching for my event. I've already attended my event, and I checked out 2 books to research my topic. I attended "I'm Not Black, I'm Coloured." It was really very interesting. It was about the struggle for equality between "coloured" people in Cape Town (not quite black, not quite white) and my job was to get background information about the coloured people in Cape Town or even the history of the region itself. The books I checked out from the Miller Center are not as specific as I'd thought they'd be, so I'm trying to find information online that pertains to my topic. Since I've already been to the event, I know what I need to look for. I just don't know how to find it! Once I find a good website, I also need to find a book and an article. I am taking 18 credits right now, and I'm getting overwhelmed with other classes. It's hard to spend a lot of time searching and finding nothing when I have a lot of other things to do! If I had more time, I would be able to find more sources. I'm struggling with time and sources. Hopefully this weekend I will be able to do some solid studying after my big chemistry test is over!
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  1. RachelFebruary 20, 2009 at 12:04 PM

    Hi Rachel,

    "Coloured" people existed all over South Africa...have you done a keyword search for "coloured" and "South Africa"?

    (BTW--you can extend your search in databases by creating the following combined search statement: (colored or coloured) AND (South Africa or Cape Town)

    As "coloured" was a distinction made within the apartheid system, you can also include AND apartheid as a third search term within the combined search statement.

    Have you tried those strategies?

    Also, have you taken a look at our online subject guides? Take a look at the one for African Studies. Great resources there--I would check out Africabib.org and then scroll down to the Web resources. Please let me know if you're not getting the information from Africabib.org or the web resources, and we will talk more.

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