African American Newspapers (1827-1998)
This database provides access to more than 350 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience. It includes historically significant papers from more than 35 states and features many rare 19th-century titles. Acquired in part thanks to the Grant D. & Naomi T. Venerable Memorial Book Fund named for the first Black Caltech graduate, Grant Venerable (1904-1986) of African, Cherokee, and Scottish descent, and established to purchase materials that "bear upon the human condition, especially of African-American and Native American cultures, and which bear upon the impact of modern technology on the human condition.”
The degree of Doctor of Philosophy is conferred by the Institute primarily in recognition of breadth of scholarship, depth of research, and the power to investigate problems independently and efficiently. A thesis is to be a substantial new contribution to the field that would be released into the stream of scholarship. Caltech theses have a common format and there are regulations regarding the contents, submission, proofreading, and final disposition. Ph.D. theses must be submitted in electronic form as part of the graduation requirements for Caltech. This Caltech Theses LibGuide serves as a stepping-off point for this process.
If you want people to read your writing, it has to be readable. In Academic Writing as if Readers Matter, Leonard Cassuto offers academic writers a direct, practical prescription for writing that will be read and understood: Take care of your reader. With a wealth of examples from the arts and sciences, this short, witty book provides invaluable advice to writers at all levels, in all fields, on how to write better for both specialized and broad audiences. This book can make any academic writer—including you—into a better writer. That means becoming a better communicator of the ideas and discoveries you want the world to grasp.
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Donna T. Wrublewski, Ph.D., MRSC (she/her)
Librarian for Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
