Research Guides: ENG 366: Black and Multiethnic Literature (Peters, Fall 2021): Mercer County Library and Other Public Libraries

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Rider students, faculty, and staff may borrow books and other items from the Mercer County Library.

Students: Bring your Rider ID and a copy of your current class schedule or tuition bill to qualify for a library card.
Faculty and staff must show ID and proof of employment with Rider.

Remote this semester? You can apply for a library card online! This will give you access to their ebooks and streaming services like Hoopla and Overdrive.

Online Library Card Application
If you live, work, or go to school within the boundaries of East Windsor, Ewing, Hightstown, Hopewell Township, Lawrence, Robbinsville, or West Windsor townships, you may obtain a free library card! These are temporary cards that will expire after three months. They are entered by one of our employees periodically between the hours of 10am and 4pm, Monday through Friday, and if you file a request after 4pm, you may not be issued one until the following day. In order to obtain your physical card, please visit the branch you indicate on the application within three months and be sure to bring valid ID. Please see our policies for more information on how to obtain a card for examples of valid proof of ID and residency.
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Pura Belpré Award 2020 Illustrator Honor Books winner--My Papi Has a Motorcycle, illustrated by Zeke Peña, written by Isabel Quintero, and published by Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC--shown in the Mercer County Library System catalog.

Record for My Papa Has a Motorcycle in the Mercer County Library System catalog.

Mercer County Public Library Classic Catalog Search

SEARCH BY BOOK TITLE

1. Type the title into the search box in quotation marks.

2. Examine the results to see the format: print, ebook, audio book, or movie (read-along books in Hoopla are called "Hoopla movies").

SEARCH BY TOPIC

1. Search your terms (listed again below).

OR and truncation (*) do not work in MCL's catalog.
Try a search both ways: "African American" and "African Americans."
- There might be unique results in each set.

2a. Limit by Recommended Age "Juvenile" or "Young Adult."

2b. Limit by Subject "Juvenile fiction."

"Mexican Americans" is in quotes in the search box. Limit options include Recommended Age and Subject. Select "Include" to limit.

Suggested ethnic/cultural groups to search based on your assignment.

These are Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). Books about these groups will have a subject heading with the term(s). Hint: Enclose these in " " to search as a phrase: "Korean Americans"

African Americans
Hispanic Americans
Mexican Americans
Asian Americans (Also, search by particular country origin. See below.)
Chinese Americanss
Japanese Americans
Vietnamese Americans
East Indian Americans
Korean Americans
Indians of North America (Also, search by individual tribe names.)
Indian children (Refers to Native Americans, not Indian- Americans. For Indian-Americans, use East Indian American.)
Italian Americans
German Americans
Norwegian Americans
Irish Americans
Spanish Americans
French Americans
British Americans
Scottish Americans
Finnish Americans
Dutch Americans
Greek Americans