DIGITAL SMITH FINDING & CITING SOURCES

DIGITAL SMITH Digital Smith provides online access to over 8,000 digital objects created by the staff of the James B. Duke Memorial Library. Objects include photographs, manuscripts, letters, notes, and audio from many of the collections housed in the Inez Moore Parker Archives.

Replete with photographs, correspondence, monographs, personal notes, and other ephemera illustrating middle class African Americans in the Fletcher and Steele families from the late 1800s until the mid 1990s. A. O. & DOROTHY STEELE COLLECTION

Consists of digitized recordings of events that occurred on the campus of Johnson C. Smith University during the late 1930s and into the mid 1940s. Highlights include recordings by the Biddle Quintet, President H. L. McCrorey's appearance on the radio program "Wings Over Jordan," the funeral service of Mrs. McCrorey, and an interview with football players before a game against Virginia Tech University in AUDIO COLLECTION

Information regarding board member James Egert Allen. Highlights include his work with the YMCA, letters regarding alumni events at the university, and his memoir that recounts his time spent at Johnson C. Smith University. BOARD OF TRUSTEES COLLECTION

Made up of original letters, speeches, pamphlets, news articles, books, and other documents related to the founding of Johnson C. Smith University. It includes information on the founders and historic properties on and around campus. HISTORY OF JOHNSON C. SMITH UNIVERSITY

Spans from the early 1900s to the mid 1980s. Publications include the Argus, Biddle Outlook, Johnson C. Smith University Bulletin, University Student News, and the JCSU Newsletter. JCSU PUBLICATIONS

Consists of over 1700 photographs portraying life at JCSU from its early days as Biddle University through the 1990s. Highlights include athletics, campus buildings, student activities, and former school presidents. PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

Provides information regarding the connection between Johnson C. Smith University and regional Presbyterian Churches. It includes church bulletins, correspondence, church histories, and information regarding the Synod of Catawba. PRESBYTERIAN COLLECTION

Contains correspondence, photographs, personal notes, and other ephemera surrounding the life and family of Dr. McCrorey. Highlights include speeches and prayers made by Dr. McCrorey, personal letters from his daughters Novella McCrorey Flannagan and Muriel McCrorey, and dedications of the McCrorey Theological Seminary and McCrorey YMCA in Charlotte, NC. PRESIDENT H. L. MCCROREY COLLECTION

Consists of JCSU Theological Seminary newsletters, annual reports and administrative correspondence from the early 1900s to the seminary's move to Atlanta in THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY COLLECTION

SEARCHING FOR RESOURCES Individual collections All collections Using Subject & Author lists

CITING RESOURCES: WHEN TO USE Quotes Paraphrasing Statistics or direct facts Data collected by someone else Support for valid assertions/Proof

CITING RESOURCES: IN TEXT Brief and simple to quickly show where you got your info from For general resources: author’s last name and page number. No author? Use an abbreviation of the title.

CITING RESOURCES: WORKS CITED LIST Always in alphabetical order by author’s last name. If no author: use the title. Double space entries. The second and subsequent lines are always indented. Ex. Kirschke, Amy Helene. Art in Crisis: W.E.B DuBois and the struggle for African American Identity and Memory. Bloomington: Indiana, Print

CITING RESOURCES: WORKS FROM DIGITAL ARCHIVES A little bit trickier than “just a book.” Often no authors. Sometimes limited information. Need to show that it’s an archival resource from an online resource.

CITING RESOURCES: WORKS FROM DIGITAL SMITH Photographs 1.Author 2.Title 3.Original Publisher 4.Title of Website 5.Publishing Date of Electronic Edition 6.Sponsoring Organization 7.Web. 8.Date Accessed

CITING RESOURCES: WORKS FROM DIGITAL SMITH Quiet Moment of Music Quiet Moment of Music. Digital Smith Inez Moore Parker Archives, Johnson C. Smith University. Web. 3 Mar

CITING RESOURCES: WORKS FROM DIGITAL SMITH Manuscripts 1.Author 2.Description of Manuscript (always “Title” in DS) 3.Manuscript information and location 4.Title of Website 5.Publishing Date of Electronic Edition 6.Sponsoring Organization 7.Web. 8.Date Accessed

CITING RESOURCES: WORKS FROM DIGITAL SMITH The Allen Family Allen, James Egert. Allen family and the influence brought on them by the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. Digital Smith Inez Moore Parker Archives, Johnson C. Smith University. Web. 3 Mar

CITING RESOURCES: WORKS FROM DIGITAL SMITH Audio 1.Speaker, author, or production director 2.Title of the work 3.Date of recording 4.Type of recording 5.Title of Website 6.Publishing Date of Electronic Edition 7.Sponsoring Organization 8.Date Accessed

CITING RESOURCES: WORKS FROM DIGITAL SMITH Virginia Tech vs. Smith McGirt, Eddie et al. Interview with football players from Johnson C. Smith University. Track mp3. Digital Smith Inez Moore Parker Archives, Johnson C. Smith University. Web. 3 Mar