Guide URL
https://guides.library.cornell.edu/CareLoveandCommunity
What is the significance of care, love, and community to Black feminists? How does love relate to
social justice? What are barriers to accessing care? Why care for ourselves, for each other? In this
course, we will practice reading and responding to essays, poetry, fiction, as well as some visual and
sonic media written by Black feminists that address these questions. Together, we will review a
diverse set of narratives that represent how some of these writers/artists understand the nature of
care, love, and/or community. We will look at these themes as they relate to the self, chosen and
given family, and solidarities in broader society. Ultimately, this course is designed to equip you for
collegiate-level writing, providing you with skills to draw upon as you progress in your
undergraduate career and beyond.
Introduce Yourself!
Name
Major
Explore CUL
RWP- Black Feminist Narratives of Care, Love, and Community
Lauren J. Turner- Black Mother Being Embraced by Community
Research Session
- Introduction to LibGuides and Librarian
- Developing a Research Plan-
- Creating useful strategies to effectively perform research at Cornell
- Finding Books-
- Distinguishing between Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary
- Find items held at Cornell (books, journal holdings, etc.)
- Finding Articles -
- Find articles, essays, book chapters and monographs
- Requesting items not available at Cornell -
- BorrowDirect, Interlibrary Loan and ScanIt
- Evaluating your sources - 5 mins
- Some tips on how to evaluate the sources you've found
- Citing your sources
- Getting Help
See the Library's Introduction to Research web page for more tips and strategies.
Meet Your Librarian!
Olin & Uris Libraries
161 Ho Plaza
Ithaca, New York 14850
About Your Librarian!
Patricia Abraham is a former graduate of the Africana Studies Research Center. She spent two years as the Assistant Librarian at the John Henrik Clarke Africana Library. Currently, she is a Research & Instruction Librarian for Olin & Uris Libraries, as well as a liaison for the Clarke Africana Library, specializing in instruction, collection development, reference, and research. Feel free to reach out with questions, research assistance, and meeting requests!