Subject
Research Guides
Interdisciplinary Studies:
African-American Studies
This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on a variety of African-American studies topics. Please also see guides for African-American & Caribbean literature, African & African-American Art, and Hip-Hop & American Culture.
Background Information Sources
| African-American Almanac | REF E 185 .A2595 2003 |
| Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History (6 v.) | REF E 185 .E54 2006 |
| The African-American Odyssey | REF E 185 .H533 2006 |
| African-American Desk Reference | REF E 185 .N57 1999 |
| Black Women in America (3 v.) | REF E 185.86 .B542 2005 |
| Unfinished Agenda of Selma-Montgomery Voting Rights March | REF F 334 .S4 U54 2005 |
| Racial Issues in Criminal Justice: The Case of African-Americans | REF HV 9950 .R33 2003 |
| The Unfinished Agenda of Brown V. Board of Education | REF KF 4155 .U54 2004 |
| Encyclopedia of Rap and Hip Hop Culture | REF ML 102 .R27 B96 2006 |
| Oxford History of Art: African-American Art | REF N 6538 .N5 P38 1998 |
| Reel Black Talk: A Sourcebook of 50 American Filmmakers | REF PN 1998.2 .M66 1997 |
| African-American Performance and Theater History: A Critical Reader | REF PN 2270 .A35 A36 2001 |
| African-American Writers | REF PS 153 .N5 A344 2001 |
| Distinguished African-American Scientists of the 20th Century | REF Q 141 .D535 1996 |
Books
Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse call numbers E 184.5-E 185.98 (African-American history and culture).
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Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles
- Expanded Academic ASAP/InfoTrac: full-text journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.
- CQ Researcher: in-depth reports on current, hot, and controversial topics, such as affirmative action.
- LexisNexis: large database of current and archived newspaper articles.
- American National Biography: biographies of deceased Americans
- Biography Resource Center/InfoTrac: biographies of living and deceased persons
Internet Resources
Several internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available from Web Resources page.
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U.S. Census Bureau: The Black Population in the United States www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race/black.html
information, statistics, and charts from the annual population survey -
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture-New York Public Library www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html
online exhibits and digital images and texts - Library of Congress American Memory Historical Collections: African American History
memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?category=African%20American%20History
historical African-American documents - Our Shared History: Celebrating African American History and Culture-National Park Service
www.cr.nps.gov/aahistory/
includes articles, maps, photos, and artifacts - PBS African-American World
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/index.html
information on history, arts, culture; includes resource page with links to other sites