1. LIBRARY CATALOG
  2. DATABASES
  3. JOURNAL FINDER
  4. SUBJECT GUIDES
  5. LIBRARY SERVICES

The University Libraries

AFS 410 - Selected Resources for

Seminar in African American Studies

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Handbooks

The State of Black America. Annual.
Ref E185.5 .N317 (older editions in the Book Stacks)

Racial and Ethnic Diversity, 4th edition. 2002.
Ref E184 .A1 .R78

Encyclopedia of African History. 2005. 3 vols.
Ref DT20 .E53

Encyclopedia of African History, 1619-1895: from the Colonial Period to the Age of Frederick Douglass. 2006. 3 vols.
Ref. E185.E545

Encyclopedia of African American Society. 2005. 2 vols.
Ref E185 .E546

Encyclopedia of Race and Ethnic Studies. 2004.
Ref GN495.6 .C37 (also available online as a E-book)

Encyclopedia of the Great Black Migration. 2006. 3 vols.
Ref. E185.6 .E54

Chronology of African American History, 2nd edition. 1997.
Book Stacks E185 .H64

The Timetables of African American History. 1995.
Ref. E185 .H295

Encyclopedia of African American Civil Rights: from Emancipation to Present. 1992.
Ref. E185.61 .E54

Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History. 1996.
Ref. E185 .E54

African American Historic Places. 1994.
Ref. E185 .A2534 (also available online as a E-book)

In Black and White, 3rd Edition. 1980.
Ref E185.96 .S720


 

Biographical Resources

Black Women in America, 2nd edition. 2005. 3 vols.

Ref E185.86 .B542

Contemporary Black Biography
Ref E185.96 .C660  (also available online)

African American Biographies. 1992.
Book Stacks E185 .H38

Dictionay of American Negro Biography. 1982.
Ref. E185.96 .D53

Who's Who Among African Americans. Annual.
Book Stacks E185.96  .W52 (also available online)

African American Women: a Biographical Dictionary. 1993.
Ref. E185.96 .N5

Notable Black American Women. 1992. 3 vols.

Ref E185.96 .N68


Census and Statisitical Resources (Print and Online Access Listed)

Black/African American Data from the Statistical Abstract

North Carolina Census Data

United States Census Data

Health Statistics

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Black Americans: A Statistical Sourcebook. Annual.
Ref E185.6 .B530

Historical Statistics of Black America. 1995. 2 vols.
Ref E185 .H543

Statistical Record of Black American. Annual.
Ref E185.5 .S730


Journals (Search Journal Titles in Journal Finder)

African American Review
American Visions

Black Enterprise

Black Music Research Journal

The Black Scholar

Callaloo

College Language Association (CLA) Journal

Ebony

Equity and Excellence in Education

Essence

Jet

Journal of Black Studies

Obsidian II

The Western Journal of Black Studies


Additional Resources of Interest

Landmark’s of African American History. 2005.
Book Stacks E185 .H6444

Encyclopedia of African-American Politics. 2003.
Book Stacks E185 .S58155

Freedom’s Sword: the NAACP and the Struggle Against Racism in America, 1909-1969. 2005.
Book Stacks E185.5 .N276 J66

Southerner’s Too? Essays on the Black South, 1733-1990. 2004.
Book Stacks E185.6 .H830

Race Relations: Opposing Viewpoints. 2001.
Book Stacks E184 .A1 R316

Harlem Stomp! A Cultural History of the Harlem Renaissance. 2003.
Book Stacks E185.6 .H515

Civil Rights Chronicle: the African-American Struggle for Freedom. 2003.
Book Stacks E185.61 .C5918

Black Index: Afro-Americana in Selected Periodicals, 1907-1949. 1981.
Ref. E185 .N580

The Negro Almanac, 5th Edition. 1989.
Book Stacks E185 .P55

Newspapers and Periodicals by and about Black People. 1978.
Book Stacks E185.5 .N670

Black Names in America. 1975.
Ref. E185.89 .N3 P82

The Blacks in America, 1492-1977: a Chronology and Fact Book, 4th Revised Edition. 1977.
Ref. E185 .S57

 

 


Online Databases (articles and more... )

Jackson Library can provide patrons with access to extensive library holdings and resources beyond those that are maintained within the building. Some 150 databases are provided, most of them accessible remotely via the Web. For the African American Studies subject areas, the library provides access to the information services listed below.

Please refer to the African American Studies Databases page.

Boolean Searching using connectors AND, OR, and NOT.


Page Author: Gerald Holmes

Ask US!