Reference Books
The books listed below will be found in the Reference section in the NOVA Alexandria Campus Library.  Look in the Index (usually at the end of the book) for your topics.

World Book Encyclopedia  Ref AE5.W55 2002

Look for most of your topics in this set of encyclopedias, located next to the Reference Desk.  If you don't find your topic the first place you look, use the Index volume to look up your term and other related terms.

Encyclopedia of Social Issues   Ref HN57 .E59 1997 v.1-6

Volume 1 has an article on Capital Punishment
Volume 2 has an article on Civil Rights
Volume 4 has an article on Marriage, Interracial
Volume 5 has articles on Race and Racism
Look in the Index (at the end of Volume 6) for more articles on your topics

American Decades: 1950-1959  Ref E169.12 .A419 1994

The Lifestyles & Social Trends chapter has a section on Black Americans in Society

American Attitudes  Ref HN90 .P8 .M58 1998

Chapter 3 is on Race & Immigration, and includes a section on interracial marriage

Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America   Ref E185.61 .E544 1998 v.1-3

Look in the "List of Entries by Category" at the end of Volume 3 for a list of topics related to African Americans.

Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights  Ref E185.61 .E54 1992

There is a chronology on page 601 that lists important events by year

Encyclopedia of Capital Punishment   Ref HV8694 .G76 1998

This volume has an article on the electric chair

Ballentine's Law DictionaryRef KF156 .H36 1994

Look here for a legal definition of Capital Punishment

Violence in America   Ref HN90 .V5 V5474 1999 v. 1-3

Volume 1 has articles on Capital Punishment and Civil Rights

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics    Ref HV6787 .S68

Look under Capital Punishment in the Index

Statistical Abstract of the United States    Ref HA202 .A385

Look under Prisons and Prisoners for tables of data related to Death Sentence and Executions

Encyclopedia of the Antebellum South   Ref F213 .V65 2000

Encyclopedia of Southern Culture   Ref F209 .E53 1989

Use the Table of Contents to find the Architecture section, then look for the topic "Greek Revival Architecture," which was one style used in the antebellum South.

Encyclopedia of World Biography   Ref CT103 .E56 1998

Notable Black American Men   Ref E185.86 .N68 1998

African-American Sports Greats: A Biographical Dictionary   Ref GV697 A1 F37 1995

Literature Resource Center -- available on the computer
1) Start at the Library home page (www.nvcc.edu/library/)
2) Click on Magazine, Newspaper & Reference Databases.
3) Click on "Language & Literature" in the middle of the page, and select Literature Resource Center. (If you search for James Joyce, make sure you select the right one!)

A&E's Biography web page -- www.biography.com

Magazine and Newspaper Articles
1) Start at the Library home page (www.nvcc.edu/library/)
2) Click on Magazine, Newspaper & Reference Databases.
3) Start searching in one of the databases in the yellow box, such as Expanded Academic or ProQuest.

Books that you can check out and take home
Here are some circulating books that you can check out and take home.  Most of these books have more information than you will need for this project, so use the Table of Contents at the front of the book and the Index at the back of the book to find the sections just on your topic. In most cases, more books on these topics will be found in the same call number areas.

Greek Revival America    E165 .K46 1989
Back of the Big House    E443 .V58 1993
Architecture of the Old South    NA720 .L36 1993
Identifying American Architecture    NA705 .B55

Capital Punishment: Cruel & Unusual?    HV8694 .C36x 2002
Capital Punishment: Current Controversies    HV8699 .U5 .C2923 2000
No Equal Justice: Race & Class in the American Criminal Justice System    HV9950 .C65x 1999
Criminal Justice: Opposing Viewpoints HV9950 .C7445 1998
The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints    HV8694 .D385 1997

From a Raw Deal to a New Deal? African Americans 1929-1945     E185 .Y68 1995 v.8
We Changed the World: African Americans 1945-1970     E185 .Y68 1995 v.9

Jackie Robinson: A Biography    GV865 .R6 .R34 1997
Brown Bomber     GV1132 .L6 .N3

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