Washington and Lee University
To identify books in W&L libraries, use Annie, the W&L library
catalog.
keyword search:
(men OR males) AND (blacks OR "african american*" OR afro american*") AND "high school*", with these results.
To find out if a particular article in available at W&L in paper
or online form, check this guide.
Articles not available in printed or online form at W&L usually can be acquired through
interlibrary loan.
These databases can be used to find articles on just about any topic, but may not cover academic journal literature thoroughly in a particular subject area. They often provide the complete text of an article.
keyword search: ("high school") AND (black* OR "african american*") AND (males OR men OR boys)
Take notice of the "Academic journals" in the search results.
keyword search: ("high school") AND (black* OR "african american*") AND (males OR men OR boys)
Take notice of the "Scholarly journals" in the search results.
These databases focus on a particular subject area, often providing more-or-less comprehesive coverage of academic/scholarly journals and related literature in that subject area. These databases may be less likely to directly provide the complete texts of articles than the above databases.
keyword search: blacks AND (men OR boys OR males) AND ("high school*" OR "secondary school*")
one good 2003 article
keyword search: black males AND (high school* OR secondary school*)
keyword search: ("black students" OR "african american students") AND males AND "high school"
one useful paper
keyword search: blacks AND "human males" AND "high school*"
keyword search: males AND black* AND high school*
Reference works, Web sites, etc.
See the annual Digest of Education Statistics, particularly the "Elementary and Secondary Education" chapter. Another useful compilation is Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Minorities (2007).