Black Issues Forum 2004

CSU Library Tools

• CSU SAGE Library Catalog
• CSU Databases
• Create a bibliography

SAGE (online catalog) - Key Word/Subject Headings

• Subject: Discrimination in employment -- United States
• Subject: African Americans -- Employment -- History
• Subject: African American -- Economic Conditions
• Subject: Affirmative Action programs -- United States
• Word: Affirmative Action and Corporate America
• Word: Diversity in the Workplace

  Search Tips: These keywords will work for SAGE and the Databases. Some databases use the term blacks, while others use African American or Afro-American. Try combining terms using the available default search fields.

Databases

These resources include partial and full-text materials.

• Academic Universe - Law and most major U.S. newspapers.
• EBSCO Academic Search Premier - Periodical articles on a variety of subjects.
• EBSCO Business Source Premier - Periodical articles on business subjects.
• Ethnic News Watch - American Ethnic Presses.

Please Note: A number of resources have been pulled from the stacks or printed off from the internet or databases. Please the check the book truck in the room for the resources you need to see if they are readily available for your use.

Selected Books

• Cross, Elsie Y. The Diversity Factor: Capturing the Competitive Advantage of a Changing Workforce
  * CSU Call Number =HF5549.5 .M5D567 1996
• Simmons, Wilson Inside Corporate America : A Guide for African Americans
  * CSU Call Number = HF5382.5 .U5S49 1996
• Doane, Ashley W. White out : The Continuing Significance of Racism
  * CSU Call Number = E184 .A1W3995 2003
• Fobanjong, John.Understanding the backlash against affirmative action
  * CSU Call Number = HF5549.5.A34 F63 2001  

 Articles and Web Sites

• "Acting Affirmatively"
  --Connects through CSU Databases - EBSCO Business Source Premier--
• "Affirmative Action"
  --Found on American Civil Liberties Union - Issues/Racial Equality - Website
• "Affirmative Action in the Workplace"
  --Found on American Bar Association Focus Volume XIII, Number 2 - Website
• "Affirmative Action Works!"
  -- Found on In Motion Magazine / Affirmative Action - Web Site --
• Diversity is about to Get More Elusive, Not Less
  --Connects through CSU Databases - EBSCO Business Source Premier--
• "Does Your Company Discriminate?"
  --Connects through CSU Databases - EBSCO Business Source Premier--
• "Why Angry White Guys for Affirmative Action are Marching to the Supreme Court"
  -- Found on In Motion Magazine / Affirmative Action - Web Site

Organizations

• American Association for Affirmative Action
  --An association of professionals managing affirmative action, diversity, and other human resource programs--
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
  --A national organization to defend the Bill of Rights--
• American Civil Rights Institute
  --A national organization created to educate the public about racial and gender preferences--
• Americans for a Fair Chance
  --A national civil rights organization created to transform the debate so it is grounded in a factual understanding--
• Citizens' Initiative on Race and Ethnicity
  -- Examines how the realities of race affect the significant social problems that exist in America among non-minorities--

Statistics

• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• U.S. Department of Labor
• U. S. Census Bureau - The Black Population in the United States