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Print Resources in the University Library

The University Library's Reference Collection contains a number of specialized guides, dictionaries and encyclopedias devoted to African and African-American Studies. Some of the most useful are listed below.

Journal Index

Index to Black Periodicals (1984 -- Present)
REF-- Indexes A13 .U3

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Atlases

African American Atlas: Black History and Culture, an Illustrated Reference
REF E 185 .A79 1998

African American Historical Places
REF E 185 .A2534 1994

Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience
REF DT14 .A37435 1999

Dictionary of Portuguese-African Civilization
REF DT 352.4 .N86 1994

Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara
REF DT 351 .E53 1997

Encyclopedia of African and African American Religions
REF BL 2462.5 .E53 2001

Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights: From Emancipation to the Present
REF E185.61 .E54 1992

Encyclopedia of African-American Education
REF LC2717 .E53 1996

Encyclopedia of African American Heritage
REF E185 .A455 2000

Encyclopedia of African American History and Culture
REF E 185 .E54

Garland Encyclopedia of World Music -- Vol. 1: Africa
REF ML 100 .G16 1998

Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery
REF HT 861 .H57 1997

Historical Guide to World Slavery
REF HT 861 .H59 1998

Timetables of African American History
REF E 185 .H295

Research Guides & Sources

     Note: This is a sample of types of reference works available. Most of these are Reference Collection materials, but a few are shelved in the General Collection. If you find something useful on the list below, you can look for similar materials in the same call number area; be sure to browse both the Reference and General Collections. Don't hesitate to ask for assistance at the Reference Desk or to contact the African & African-American Studies Librarian for further help.

The ABC-CLIO Companion to the Civil Rights Movement
REF E185.61 .G895 1993

Africa: A Guide to Reference Materials
REF DT 3 .M34 1993

The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture
General Collection E184.6 L47 1993

African American Quotations
REF PN 6081.3 .A36 1998

African Americans in the Maritime Trades: A Guide to Resources in New England
General Collection E185.8 .M218 1990

African Studies Companion: A Resource Guide and Directory
REF DT 19.8 .Z45 1997

Bibliographic Guide: Black Studies
REF E 185 .B5

Bibliography of African Literature
REF PN 849 .A35 A38 1996

Black Firsts
REF E 185 .B574

Blacks in American Films and Television
REF PN1995.9.N4 B58 1988

Harvard Guide to African-American History
REF E185 .H326 2001

Historical Dictionary of Civil Wars in Africa
REF DT21.5 .G89 1999

Images of Blacks in American Culture: A Reference Guide to Information Sources
General Collection NX652.A37 I43 1988

The Schomberg Center Guide to Black Literature
REF PN 841 .V36 1995

Note: Guides and handbooks for individual African countries are located in Reference , with call numbers ranging from the DT 100 's to the DT 1700 's.

Statistical Resources

Historical Statistics of Black America
REF E185 .H543 1995

Statistical Record of Black America
REF E185.5 .S83 1994

Biographical Resources

African America: A Portrait of the People
REF E185.96 .E87 1994

African American Women
REF E185.96 A45 1993

African American Writers
REF PS 153 .N5 A344 1991

Afro-American Writers before the Harlem Renaissance
REF PS 21 .D5 vol. 50

Afro-American Writers from the Harlem Renaissance
REF PS 21 .D5 vol. 51

Black Women in America
REF E185.86 .B542 1993

Contemporary African American Novelists: A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook
REF PS374.N4 C658 1999

Dictionary of African Biography
REF DT18 .D55

Notable Black American Women
REF E185.96 .N68 1996

Who's Who Among African Americans
REF E185.96 .W58

Journals

Journals, magazines and newspapers held by the UMass Dartmouth Library are shelved alphabetically by title on the 3rd floor of the library. For complete holdings information, please check the UMD Journal Locator.

Students and faculty interested in African & African-American Studies may find these publications of particular interest:

• African American Review
• African Arts
• African Commentary
• American Visions
• Black Scholar
• Callaloo
• Ebony
• International Review of African American Art
• Jet
• Journal of Black Studies
• Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
• Research in African Literatures
• Western Journal of Black Studies

Electronic Resources in the University Library

The University Library provides access to a number of databases for the use of the University community.

Depending on the focus of your research or the area you are interested in, a number of databases may prove useful. For example, articles about educational issues regarding African-Americans can be located in ERIC. Articles dealing with African-Americans and health issues can be found in databases such as InfoTrac's Health Reference Center or MedlinePlus. Articles dealing with race issues can be located in Expanded Academic or Social Sciences Index. Please consult with a Reference Librarian for assistance in selecting appropriate databases.

Remember that one of the best tools for finding articles about topics relating to African-Americans is Index to Black Periodicals, which is available only in print .

Electronic Resources outside the University Library

In addition to materials physically held by the Library, the Library provides users access to resources on the Internet. The following list contains links to a sampling of web sites
that are available. These include research guides, full-text electronic archives, and informational pages from various centers and organizations. Many more web sites are certainly available; these are just a few that have proven useful to previous researchers. Be sure to evaluate carefully when you find other web sites through commercial search
engines .

African-related links

• AfricaNews Online
• African Art from the Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois
• African Studies Links at the University of Pennsylvania
• African Studies Quarterly: The Online Journal of African Studies
• CERAS Center for Electronic Resources in African Studies, Iowa
• PanAfrican News Agency

African-American-related links

• African American Links -- from the University of Michigan
• African American Mosaic -- Library of Congress Resource Guide
• African American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray Collection from the Library of Congress' American Memory Project
• African American Web Connection : a good starting point.
• Afro-American Sources in Virginia: A Guide to Manuscripts - by Michael Plunkett an electronic edition of the book published by the University Press of Virginia
• African American History from the Historical Text Archive at Mississippi State University
• African-American Women Writers of the 19th Century A collection of works available via the Schomberg Center for Black Research of the New York Public Library.
• AfroNet Pop-culture, art, and debates for the African-American
• Black Quest Power Resource Links : a comprehensive source and gateway to African- American history, culture and society.
• The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences from Princeton University
• Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change provides links to the King Papers Project, photographs, and more.
• Museum of Afro-American History . Links to several on-line museum collections.
• Nation of Islam This site provides extensive coverage of speeches and writings of Louis Farrakhan, in addition to an electronic version of The Final Call.
• National Underground Railroad Freedom Center .