Workshop: Digitized Black Newspapers
Saturday, January 20, 2024
Time: 10:30-12
Computer Training Center, 5th Floor
Time: 10:30-12
Computer Training Center, 5th Floor
Space is limited
RSVP to attend by calling 415-557-4453 or emailing mnc@sfpl.org
Identify and access digitized Black newspapers through San Francisco Public Library’s electronic resources in this hands-on workshop. Learn how to look up historic and current newspapers in Periodical Finder and how to perform a variety of tasks in Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest), a major database offering news articles in this area. Discuss your ideas for the application of these materials for research, personal learning, or whatever reason drives your interest in Black newspapers.
Titles we will look at include:
Titles we will look at include:
- The Pacific Appeal
- The Elevator
- The San Francisco Vindicator
- The Los Angeles Sentinel
- The Chicago Defender
- New York Amsterdam News
...and many more.
Bring the name of a Black newspaper you've read or would like to read, and a question or topic in which you’re interested (optional).
Presented by a Magazines & Newspapers Center librarian.
See event listing on the master calendar.
View other Magazines and Newspapers Center programs on the SFPL event calendar under the What's News heading.
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