English 1
Research Log
Librarian's name:
Jenne Heise
Librarian's email:
jheise@drew.edu
Student name(s):
Kristin Lee
Topic:
Affirmative Action: how it began (Plessy V. Ferguson and Brown V. Board of Education) and if it's legal today
Recommended source(s) for background information:
Affirmative action : an encyclopedia REF 331.133097303 A256a
Encyclopedia of American civil rights and liberties REF 342.73085 E56e
Great American court cases REF 349.73 G786g
Encyclopedia of African-American civil rights REF 305.896073 E56e

Drew Catalog
Search terms:
Affirmative action and (legal or law)
(plessy or brown) and affirmative action
Reverse discrimination
Affirmative action and history
Racial preference

Recommended databases:
Academic Search Premier
Proquest
Lexis-Nexis Academic (ASK FOR HELP!)

Search terms:
Hopwood V. Texas
GRUTTER v. Bollinger
Gratz v bollinger
affirmative action and constitutionality
Web pages:
http://aad.english.ucsb.edu/
http://www.civilrights.org/
http://www.affirmativeaction.org/