Kenyon's one-stop search tool, K·Search, is a great place tool to use if you have a particular author or title to search for; it's also a good place to start a general search for scholarly and peer-reviewed materials.

To the left of your results list, you'll see options for filtering your results:

• Scholarly & Peer-Reviewed
• Content Type (e.g., Journal Article or Book)
• Academic Discipline
• Publication Date

Search Strategies

Search for books with keywords. Once you've found a relevant book, scroll down to find the SUBJECT headings. Here are some examples of relevant African Diaspora subject headings:

• African Americans
• African American History
• African American Women
• African Diaspora
• Black Nationalism
• Civil Rights