Waidner-Spahr Library

Need Help with Research? Ask!

Librarians are trained professionals who help library users find information needed for papers and other projects. Librarians can help you:

• find information (books, articles, and more)
• choose the most relevant resources for your topic
• improve your search strategy
• critically evaluate information, and
• cite sources properly.

Librarians are available on weekdays and Sunday afternoons and may be reached by email (ask@dickinson.libanswers.com), text message (717-366-6623), or online chat. Individual librarians are also available by appointment.

Prefer to find the answer yourself? Search our Frequently Asked Questions any time.

Archives of Human Sexuality & Identity: LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940 illuminates the experiences of LGBTQ individuals by providing meeting minutes, administrative records, private correspondence, photographs, internal US government memoranda, and more. Materials come from major international activist organizations as well as local, grassroots groups. 

Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century (History Vault) contains federal government documents, including FBI and White House files, and the papers of activists such as Bayard Rustin and Mary McLeod Bethune. ProQuest History Vault also includes collections of NAACP Papers.

More LGBTQ

More Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies

More Africana Studies