About SUMMIT, the Syracuse University Online Catalog

Use the online catalog, SUMMIT, to find books and treatises in the collections of the

Barclay Law Library, Syracuse University Library and the Moon Library at the State University of

New York, Environmental Science and Forestry. SUMMIT is an index (not a full-text database)

of libraries’ holdings. You can search for materials in the SUMMIT catalog by author, title,

journal title, keyword (terms that use chose), keyword combined (terms that you chose

connected by and, or, or not) and subject heading. 

Library of Congress Subject Headings

The Subject Heading search is the most precise kind search.  Listed below are some of

the most relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings for topics in race and law. 

(Note that some of these terms are archaic and may no longer be used on common

usage.)  Subject headings may be refined by adding additional search terms (e.g.,

Discrimination- housing; Race discrimination – government policy; racial profiling). If you

enter the parent term, SUMMIT will take you to a headings screen with a list of expanded headings

Affirmative action programs	Minorities
Afro-Americans	Miscegenation
Asian Americans	Race...
Busing	Race discrimination
Chinese Americans	Race relations
Civil rights	Racial...
Discrimination...	Racially mixed people
Election law	Racism
Equality	School integration
Ethnic relations	Segregation
Ethnicity	Social classes
Hispanic Americans	Voter registration
Housing...	Voting
	Zoning...