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Black Business Leadership

 

Professor: Jeffrey Matthews                            Liaison Librarian: Donna Bachmann

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Background Information        Earvin "Magic" Johnson          Tacoma Black Business Leaders         

Dissertations          Evaluating Materials    

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Finding background information

Use a keyword search in Simon, with parentheses around the words representing each concept.
    Ex: (Black or "African American") and (businesspeople or "business enterprises")
Once you find a good record, click into it and note the subject headings. Follow these LC Subject Headings to locate more records and additional subject headings.

Sample LC Subject Headings:

 African American Business Enterprises -- History
 African American businesspeople -- United States
African American executives -- United States
 African American women executives
Black business enterprises -- United States -- Statistics
 Johnson, Earvin, 1959-

Sample book titles from Simon

African-American business leaders : a biographical dictionary  HC102.5.A2 I52 1994  (main stacks)
Black experience, strategies, and tactics in the business world : a corporate perspective: a handbook for professionals  HD38.25.U6 S56 1991 (main stacks)
Black-owned businesses, 1997 [electronic resource] U.S. Census Bureau, [2001]
 Black-owned businesses : strongest in services U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration (electronic resource)
Black power Inc.: the new voice of success (Cora Daniels)  HD38.25.U6 D36 2004  (main stacks)
 The Black resource guide E185.5 .B68 1990 (main stacks)
 Encyclopedia of African American business history  HD2344.5.U6 E53 1999 REF
 The Facts about-- : black-owned small businesses U.S. Small Business Administration, [1993] SBA 1.2:B 56  Federal Docs
Free Frank: a Black Pioneer on the antebellum frontier (Juliet E.K. Walker) F460.N4 F728 1983 (main stacks)
The History of Black business in America : capitalism, race, entrepreneurship  HD2344.5.U6 W35 1998 (main stacks)
Market Women: Black women entrepreneurs--Past, present, and future HD 6054.4 U6 S65 2005 (main stacks)
 

Don't be satisfied with what you find in Collins Library!

bulletUtilize Summit (30 academic libraries in Washington and Oregon) to supplement your book search. Self service borrowing for a 3 week loan periods.
bulletUtilize WorldCat   to locate any titles not found in Simon or Summit. Self service borrowing of books from this database.

If you cannot locate the title, our ILL department will find it for you and will request it from another library.  

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See Interlibrary Loan Link in the left column of the Research Gateway page.

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Interlibrary Loan for books usually takes 10 or 11 days, so plan ahead.  
 

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Topic: Earvin "Magic" Johnson's Business Career (1992-)    

Biographical Resources (published after 1992) (search as subject)

bullet Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated - type in Johnson, Earvin. Scan through his biographies to see if any mention his businesses. Click Articles with Earvin Johnson as a Subject. See Johnson, Earvin/Business ventures and Johnson, Earvin/Interviews. Also check out links to Books with Earvin Johnson as a subject and Books by Earvin Johnson
bulletFind autobiographies and articles written by Earvin Johnson by searching him as author in book and article databases.

Popular Press 

bullet Academic Search Premier (Ebsco) and Research Library (Proquest). May limit to magazines or newspapers.
bullet Ethnic News Watch (Newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press in North America. 1996-)
    Try searching citation and abstract: ("Earvin Johnson" or "Magic Johnson) and business
bullet Black Enterprise  
bulletIn Ethnic NewsWatch Complete and ProQuest Research Library 01/01/1987 to present
bullet In Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier From 05/01/1990 to present
bulletIn Lexis Nexis Academic/Business/Business News, 1992- 
bulletA variety of Orbis Cascade libraries have print and microform from 1970-
bulletCurrent: Online at http://www.blackenterprise.com
bullet Minority business entrepreneur 04/30/1991 to present in Ethnic NewsWatch

Newspapers    

bullet Lexis Nexis Academic /Business / Business News /Business & Finance - then choose your search terms
bullet Proquest National Newspapers (note dates) Coverage of 5 major newspapers, including The New York Times , Wall Street Journal, Washington Post , Los Angeles Times and the Christian Science Monitor. For dates earlier than 1995, search the New York Times in Proquest Historical Newspapers (bottom of Proquest page)

Historical Research:

bullet Readers Guide Retrospective.(1890-1982);
bullet Proquest Historical Newspapers (New York Times (1851 - 2001), Wall Street Journal (1889 - 1987), Christian Science Monitor (1908 - 1991)) at bottom of Proquest page.
bullet America History & Life Covers article abstracts, book reviews and dissertations on the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada

Business:  

bulletBusiness Source Premier Try searching (Earvin Johnson or Magic Johnson) and business* not AIDS
bullet Lexis Nexis Academic /Business / Business News /Business & Finance 

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Locating the Articles     

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Some  databases provide the articles in full text.

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If it is not found in fulltext, some journal databases link the records to our library holdings or to our Journal Locator.
The Journal Locator enables you to search or browse for all journal titles available from the library, in print or electronic format.

It is available as a link from the records of the Ebsco databases (Academic and Business Search Premier), the Wilson databases (Social Sciences Index - Here they call it "WilsonLink") and in Proquest databases (Research Library).

    Using the Journal Locator within the databases, it will search for that particular article in fulltext in any of our other databases and indicate all the holdings and formats of the journal Collins Library has access to.
        Using the Journal Locator from the gateway page, you would normally be searching by journal title or by subject.

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Interlibrary Loan for Articles: Fill out the electronic form accessible from some databases. (FirstSearch, Ebsco, CSA, Proquest are all vendors that include links for ILL.)  

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Or order it through the Interlibrary Loan link in the left column of the Research Gateway page.

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If our library has the title - in print, electronic or microform - your interlibrary loan request will be returned to you.

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Article ILL takes about 3-5 business days.

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Topic: History of Black Business Leaders in Tacoma  

Finding local information can be difficult - Journal databases may have few, if any, articles down to the local level, outside of the larger cities, unless something happened that would make national news.

Accessing Local Newspapers         

bullet Proquest Newspapers/Washington State Newsstand --Puget Sound Business Journal, Tacoma News Tribune and other Puget Sound newspapers.)
bullet Lexis Nexis Academic - choose NEWS/US NEWS/WASHINGTON NEWS SOURCES
bullet Ethnic News Watch (Newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press in North America.
bulletIndexes The Scanner 1991-  African American newspaper published in Seattle, WA and Portland, OR

African American Newspapers - Seattle/Tacoma area
        (current and historical)

1) Look in Summit to see academic library holdings and if the title is available for loan.
2) Also try Seattle Public Library and Tacoma Public Library catalogs for holdings.
3) Some publications may not be collected by libraries and you will need to use the contact numbers.

bulletAfrican American Business & Employment Journal email: aabej@seanet.com PO Box 22258, Seattle WA 98122; 206-322-6117; Charlie James. (current)
bullet African forum news  monthly, 1995-   334 Ne Northgate Way Ste 229 Seattle, WA 98125 Phone: (206) 367-6886 E-mail: afnmedia@aol.com (current)
bulletCayton's Weekly  Seattle, WA Began in 1916. Ceased in 1921? "A publication of general information, but in the main voicing the sentiments of Colored Citizens."
bullet Cayton's Monthly [microform] Seattle, Wash. : H.R. Cayton, 1921 (only one year of publication)
bullet The Facts "The Northwest's largest American Negro publication." Seattle, Wash. : Alzene Pub. Co., 1962-/weekly PO Box 22015, Seattle, WA, 98122; 206-324-0552 (current)
bulletForum (Tacoma, WA) Began in 1903. Ceased in 1920?  (Tacoma Public Library, UW, WSU)
bullet Impulse  [Seattle, Alzene Pub. Co.] v. 1, no. 1-3; [1964-1965?]
bulletMedium (Seattle, Wash)  Seattle : Tiloben Pub. Co., 1970- Ceased in 1983  
bullet Seattle Medium  (online) Part of BlackPressUSA Network. 2600 South Jackson Street Seattle, WA 98144 206-323-3070 (current)
bullet The Northwest Enterprise Seattle, Wash. : Enterprise Pub. Co., 1931-1952  "Member of National Negro Press Association."
bulletNorthwest Dispatch  Tacoma, WA  Began in 1982? (Tacoma Public Library)
bullet The Scanner (online) 1990-  Seattle, WA : African American Newspaper published in Seattle, WA and Portland, OR.
Full Text: 1991 - current in Ethnic NewsWatch
bullet Searchlight   Seattle, WA  May 3, 1919-  "The leading Negro journal of the Northwest."
bullet Seattle Republican - 1896-1913 (1901 special issue mentioning Tacoma) Continues Republican (Seattle Wash)

Cayton, Horace (1859-1940) From HistoryLink.org, the Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History: This article presents biographical information about Seattle newspaperman Horace Cayton. Born in 1859, Cayton was a former slave who worked his way through college before moving to Washington state. The site discusses his career working for Seattle newspapers and publishing the Seattle Republican, "a newspaper directed at both white and black readers and which at one point had the second largest circulation in the city." Includes photos and related resources.
For books about and by Horace Cayton, search Summit by keyword and author: Cayton, Horace (1859-1940).

bulletSeattle Observer  Seattle, Wash. Weekly 1964-?  Weekly (UW)

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Tacoma/Washington Business Resources    

General - Tacoma

bullet City of Tacoma
Business & Development Information site for the City of Tacoma  Read about neighborhood business districts in Tacoma.
Tacoma Chamber of Commerce 950 Pacific Ave., Ste. 300 Tacoma, WA 98402  (253.627.2175)
 Cross District Association of Tacoma a group of small business leaders that advocate for the needs of 12 neighborhood business districts located throughout the City of Tacoma.

Minority/African American Business Associations

 
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Pacific Northwest Black Chamber of Commerce Rev. Dr. Charles A. Horne, President; 4301 South Pine Street, Suite 401  Tacoma, WA 98409  Phone: (253) 473-0515  dedicated and committed to the economic empowerment and enhancement of African American communities through the development and strengthening of African American business.

 
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Upper Tacoma Business Association (for the Hilltop area)    
 

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Northwest Minority Business Council The Northwest Minority Business Council (NMBC) is the regional  affiliate of the non-profit National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC). Their goal is to provide a direct link between corporate America, public agencies and minority-owned business. The NMSDC's Minority Business Information Center provides the only national centralized source of information about minority business development and trends. 320 Andover Park East, Suite 205,Tukwila, WA 98188-7635 | T (206) 575-7748 | info@nmbc.biz

 

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Tacoma Urban League, Inc.   2550 So. Yakima Avenue,  Tacoma, WA 98405   253.383.2007  Founded in 1968 to build equality of opportunity, the Tacoma Urban League is a private, nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the service of African Americans, other ethnic minorities, and economically disadvantaged individuals and families, with the goal of social equality and economic independence.
 

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Washington State Office of Minority and Business Women's Enterprises The Office of Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises helps create and sustain an equitable business environment by promoting the participation, in public contracting and procurement, of all qualified and available businesses owned and controlled by minorities, women and all others who may be socially and economically disadvantaged.
 

Other Resources

Northwest Room of Tacoma Public Library - valuable resource for Tacoma history  1102 Tacoma Avenue South
Tacoma, WA. 98402 (253) 591-5666

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Finding and Obtaining Dissertations

Find dissertations through your readings, bibliographies, or by searching Simon, Summit or WorldCat.

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In Simon and Summit you can search by title, or simple keyword - use [your topic] and (dissertation or thesis)
or use Advanced Keyword and limit by Material Type: Manuscripts & Theses. Once you find what you want, request it.

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In WorldCat, use a keyword search: [your topic] and (dissertation or thesis)
Click the ILL button at the top of each record to borrow from another library.

A thesis that has been published and sold as a book will be easy to obtain using the above strategy.
    If it has not been published, sometimes the library of the university where the dissertation was submitted will loan it through interlibrary loan. If it is their only copy, they may not.
        If it cannot be loaned, you may be able to purchase it through Dissertation Express for $35. The Interlibrary Loan Office will order this for you, or you may search for the title and pay for it yourself with a credit card at: http://www.umi.com/umi/dissertations/disexpress.shtml

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Evaluating Non-Scholarly Materials 

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Investigate the resource
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Books: Find book reviews

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Investigate the journal. Does it have a particular bias? Look up the title in Magazines for Libraries Z6941 .M23 Reference or Ulrichs International Periodicals Directory Z6941 .U5 Reference
 

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Investigate the author /publisher
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Look at biographical resources in reference or in the Wilson Biographies database.

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Look at the webpage at the author's institution or the mission statement of the organization
 

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Check the Facts
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Confirm the information in multiple sources / Check the references for supporting evidence.
 

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Check the Web resources: Make sure to evaluate each site carefully, being careful to use evaluation techniques.

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Contact: Donna Bachmann