Subject Specialist Librarian
Community Organizations
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Brightmoor Artisans CollectiveA community organization that supports its members work to process, market, and consume affordable, healthy food. You can use identified organization activities to broaden your search to find models, funding agencies or other supports. For example, activities such as the Work-Trade Credit program of the BAC.
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Neighbors Building BrightmoorCommunity organization sites can provide information about proper or recognized names of events and activities. You can then use these clues to search other resources, like newspaper archives, the web or even scholarly publications.
The Discourse of Food Security and Urban Agriculture
In scholarly discourse, you should be mindful of the precise vocabulary that is used to discuss topics related to food, nutrition and food production.
Here are some terms to consider.
- food insecurity or food insecure individuals
- food programs (SMP, CACFP, NSLP, SBP, SNAP, WIC) and local agriculture
- food justice
- food sovereignty
- food commoning
- food systems
- food and faith
- commercial-grade community kitchens
- cottage food laws
- alternative food initiatives
Search Summon
Use the search box below to use the Summon Discovery system to search the library's full-text journal articles, newspapers, books, ebooks and more.
Search Library Databases
Use subject specific databases to search for scholarly articles, conference proceedings and dissertations.
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Sociological AbstractsCSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,809 serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Records added since 1963 contain in-depth and nonevaluative abstracts of journal articles.
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Worldwide Political Science AbstractsThe database provides access to citations and abstracts of journal articles appearing political science journals. Years of Coverage: 1975 to the present.
Examples of Other Community Projects
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Fitzgerald: Geography of a RevolutionThe full text of Bunge's book from 1971.
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Alex B. Hill: Black Problems, White SolutionsAn analysis of racial representation in revitalization efforts and representations, food justice, digital divide in Detroit.
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The Smithsonian Folklife and Oral History Interviewing GuideExcellent how-to guide for using interviews to capture oral histories
Helpful Videos
Information in the Real World
From: Nutefall, J. E., & Nutefall, J. (Eds.). (2016). Service learning, information literacy, and libraries. p. 57. Retrieved from http://ebookcentral.proquest.com.proxy.lib.wayne.edu
Questions
Who makes up this community?
Does this community create and disseminate information?
Is there a purpose for that information?
What information does this community need?
What is public discourse about this community? Where is it published or made available? Is there power or privilege behind this public discourse?
Are you encountering dogma, prejudice or preconceived opinions presented as fact?
Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs
The Walter P. Reuther Library, located on the campus of Wayne State University in Detroit, contains millions of primary source documents related to the history of the labor movement, urban affairs, and the Wayne State University Archives. The building is named for UAW President and Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) President Walter Reuther.
Reading Room Hours:
Monday-Friday: 10:00am-4:00pm
Saturday-Sunday: Closed
Appointments: Reference Archivist
Location:
Walter P. Reuther Library
5401 Cass Avenue
Detroit, MI 48202
News Sources
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Detroit Free Press (1999-Present)Full text of the Detroit Free Press.
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Hometown Life - local newspapersSuburban local newspapers
Brightmoor Neighborhood Demographics & Statistical Info
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A Basic Community Profile: BrightmoorA demographic and community asset profile prepared by City Connect Detroit in May 2006,
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The Neighborhoods: BrightmoorThe Neighborhoods of Detroit is a site designed by Aaron Foley, City of Detroit Chief Storyteller.
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Statistical Atlas (Cedar Lake Ventures, Inc.)Geographic and graphical visualization of data from the 2010 U.S. Census and the 2009-2013 American Community Survey. More information about the statistics at About.
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Detroit Open DataDrill down to current data on property, parcels, demolitions, park improvements and more.
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Detroit Properties Map (Loveland)Locate property, tax distress, foreclosure auctions, future city land use, building age, demolitions, federally owned land.
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DETROITography.comA dynamic collection of maps created by a variety of sources about Detroit.
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Digital Sanborn MapsDigital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970. Michigan Only. The Sanborn Map Company was the primary American publisher of fire maps for over 100 years, repeatedly mapping towns and cities as they changed. The maps provide a wealth of information, such as building outline, size and shape, construction materials, height, building use, windows and doors, street and sidewalk widths, boundaries, house numbers, and more for cities mapped in the state of Michigan.
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Homeless Action Network of DetroitThe reports listed on this page refer to homeless populations in Detroit in general, not just Brightmoor.
Demographic Information Sources
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Data.census.govTo use the decennial census and the American Community Survey (select Tables)
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Data Driven Detroit ToolboxDemographic and other data points from partnerships with non-profits, etc.
Other Community Resources
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Detroit Public Library's Burton Historical CollectionA special collection of excellent resource for historical materials related to Detroit, located at the Main Library branch on Woodward and Cass between Kirby and Palmer.
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Southeast Michigan Council of GovernmentsGreat source of data about individual communities in the Detroit metropolitan area.
Data Visualization Tools
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data BasicDataBasic is a suite of easy-to-use web tools for beginners that introduce concepts of working with data. These simple tools make it easy to work with data in fun ways, so you can learn how to find great stories to tell.
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38 Best Tools for Data VisualizationThese are NOT all free, but many have free options with limitations.
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Google Chart ToolsFor more sophisticated users, how-to's for creating APIs for all kinds of Google Charts and maps.