Finding resources using Digital Smith.

1. DIGITAL
SMITHFINDING & CITING SOURCES

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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 1940.
AUDIO
COLLECTION

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. Consists of JCSU
Theological Seminary
newsletters, annual
reports and
administrative
correspondence from the
early 1900s to the
seminary's move to
Atlanta in 1969.
THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY
COLLECTION

12. SEARCHING FOR
RESOURCES
Individual collections
All collections
Using Subject & Author lists
http://library.jcsu.edu

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

14. 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.

15. 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, 2007. Print

16. 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.

17. 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

18. CITING RESOURCES:
WORKS FROM DIGITAL SMITH
Quiet Moment of Music
Quiet Moment of Music. Digital Smith. 2010. Inez Moore
Parker Archives, Johnson C. Smith University. Web.
3 Mar. 2012.

19. 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

20. 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. 2009. Inez Moore Parker Archives, Johnson
C. Smith University. Web. 3 Mar. 2012.

21. 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

22. CITING RESOURCES:
WORKS FROM DIGITAL SMITH
Virginia Tech vs. Smith
McGirt, Eddie et al. Interview with football players from
Johnson C. Smith University. Track 1.1940. mp3. Digital
Smith. 2010. Inez Moore Parker Archives, Johnson C.
Smith University. Web. 3 Mar. 2012.