LibGuides: Black Americans: Home

Introduction

An understanding of African American history and culture is an essential part of understanding current American society, and will be useful in many courses and for personal reading and enrichment. Although College of the Redwoods does not offer a degree or certificate in this topic, interested students may wish to transfer to a four year college that does offer it as a major. This guide supports student's understanding and cultural awareness of the value of multiculturalism and diversity by providing selected resources. If you need additional assistance in locating appropriate resources, please contact the library.

Multicultural & Equity Center
Located in LRC 102, the center offers a range of services and activities to create a "safe place for cultural expression, cross-cultural learning, access to college and dignity resources, and social justice work opportunities" and provides meeting space for student clubs.

Citation Styles

Did your instructor require you to cite your sources for an assignment? Did they say you had to use MLA, APA, or Chicago formatting for your paper? If so, the library can help you. Always ask your instructor what citation style should be used for research projects. See below for links to helpful resources.

We have an online guide dedicated to citation help.

Citation Help
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We have downloadable handouts with some basic APA, MLA, and Chicago style information.

APA Citation 7th Edition Handout
This handout includes information on how to format a paper and how to create the Reference List with different resource types, following the current APA 7th edition style.
MLA Temporary 9th Edition
Summary of full citations examples, in-text citation examples, and formatting your paper.

CR has a campus-wide subscription to NoodleTools, a user-friendly citation manager.

NoodleTools
NoodleTools provides helpful tools for managing and organizing research projects. Create and save MLA 9th ed., APA 7th ed., or Chicago 18th ed. citation lists or annotated bibliographies, and export them to Word or Google docs. Create a personal account to create, save, and edit citation lists, outlines and notes for your research projects.
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NoodleTools Express
Just need one or two quick citations? use NoodleTools Express to format, copy, and paste single citations. Note: citations are not saved and cannot be exported to a word processor; use the full version to access all features.
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