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| African-American Studies |
This subject guide will lead you to a variety of learning materials in the area of African-American studies. The materials in this guide will lead you to reference books, circulating books, and Web Sites. In Auraria Library, many of these materials are kept under the call number E185 on the second floor, but keep in mind that material about life, culture, issues, and people may be located nearly anywhere in the library --musicians in the music section, writers in the literature section, mathematicians in the mathematics sections. Also remember that material about African-American issues may be written from many standpoints; it may be liberal or conservative or radical. As with information on any subject, you have to consider the point of view of the author and how that affects the value you will place on the information. Library of Congress Classification and Library of Congress Subject Headings Within each collection area, library materials are arranged and located by call numbers. The call number refers to a subject. Most of the library materials in African-American studies are assigned the call numbers listed:
To use Skyline, the Auraria Library Online Catalog, to locate resources on specific topics, you may use a subject heading. Subject headings are the words or phrases used by the Library of Congress to describe the main topic of books and/or articles. Phrases listed below are examples: African-American, Afro-American, Black Americans, Africans Blacks Ethnology For items published prior to 1970 (approx.) Negroes, Colored People You can use these headings, or terms similar to them, as WORD searches within Skyline, the Auraria Library Online Catalog. For additional subject headings, consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings books located near the Reference area on the first floor, or ask a Reference Librarian. The African-American reference section located on the first floor of the Auraria Library is small but useful. Keep in mind, however, that relevant material may be found in other parts of the reference collection, African-American artists in the art section, actors or movies or theatrical productions in the drama section, athletes in the sports section, and so on. Some especially useful reference books are listed below. Other reference sources may be found by using Skyline, The Auraria Library Catalog. Encyclopedias Hine, Darlene Clark (ed.). Black Women in America: an Historical Encyclopedia. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Carlson Pub., 1993 REF E185.86 B542 1993 Salzman, Jack (ed.). David Lionel Smith and Cornel West. Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history. 5 volumes. New York : Macmillan Library Reference, 1996. REF E185 E54 1996 Smith, Jessie Carney, and Joseph M. Palmisano (ed.). Reference Library of Black America. 5 volumes. Farmington Hills, MI : Gale Group, Inc. ; [U.S.?] : Distributed by African American Publications, Proteus Enterprises, 2000. REF E185 R44 2000 Almanacs Ross, Leon T. African-American Almanac: day-by-day Black History. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1997 REF E185 R815 1997 Statistical Record of Black America. Detroit: Gale Research, 1990-1997. REF E185.5 S83 Reader's Guide Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. G.K. Hall Interdisciplinary Bibliographic Guide to Black Studies. Detroit: Gale Group, 1995-1999. REF E185 S373 Biographical Materials Robinson, Wilhelmena S. Historical Afro-American Biographies. Cornwells Heights, PA.: Publishers Agency, 1978 REF E185.96 R56 1979 Hawkins, Walter L. African-American Biographies. Jefferson, NC.: McFarland, 1992 & 1994 REF E185.96 H38 1992 Also check the Biography page at Auraria Library for online access to biography-related databases. Books about African-American life and culture may be found on the second floor of the library under the call letters E185. Please keep in mind that this is not the only section where such information may be found. For example, information about African-American feminism may be found in the Women's Studies section, information about African-American writers in the literature sections. To find in-depth information on your subject use Skyline: The Library Catalog and do a word search using keywords related to your topic. Specific Databases to Locate Books and Other Materials Use Skyline to find books as well as find out
if the Library subscribes or has access to specific journals. Tip Link to the Guide Find Books and Other Material to learn how to find and request materials that are not available at Auraria Library.
Indexes provide citations. If you need relatively recent material select one of the electronic indexes available from the Library's homepage. For older or more in-depth lists of articles you may have to consult one of the print-only indexes. To Find a Journal, Magazine or Newspaper Article Consult the Find Articles Guide to find information about locating journals and magazines. Recommended Starting Points Databases -- Go to this page for general databases that cover multiple subjects, contain full text and scholarly, peer reviewed articles which appear in leading journals in various fields. America: History and Life -- Index to over 2,000 journals covering the U.S. and Canada from prehistory to the present. Includes book and media reviews and dissertations. 1964 - present, updates monthly. JSTOR (Dates of coverage vary.) -- Many African-American Studies journals are included in this full text database. Expanded Academic Index ASAP 1980 --- A general index with material on different topics, with many journals indexed. Includes full text articles. DIALOG@CARL -- Offers access to nearly 300 commercial databases. The files come from renowned content providers and cover nearly every subject area. Approximately 60% of the databases contain full text on a wide variety of subject matter. Africabib.org -- Africabib.org consists of two databases covering Africana periodical literature and African Women's literature. A comprehensive bibliography on women travelers and explorers to Africa is also at the site. African American Firsts -- A record of African American achievements and historical events, listed by date, starting in the early 17th century and ending in the late 20th century. African American History -- Department University of California, Riverside. A Huge Site! African American Women of the 19th Century African Studies Program --The African Studies Outreach program is at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Extensive links and African country information. Africana.com -- The Digital Bridge AFRO-American Almanac -- Contains history from the beginning of the slave trade, through the Civil Rights movement, to the present. Archives of African American Music and Culture "Been Here So Long": Selections from the WPA American Slave Narratives This site features a selection of seventeen interviews of former slaves conducted by members of the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). As with the recollections featured at the University of Virginia's American Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology. These narratives are from the 2,000 interviews with ex-slaves collected during 1936-1938 by journalists and other writers employed by the Federal Writers Project. Contemporary African Database -- "Designed to provide easily accessible and current information concerning prominent Africans, African organizations, and dates in the African calendar." Electronic African Bookworm - A Web Navigator -- This Website is "specifically designed for use by the book professions in Africa, and by African writers and scholars." The Faces of Science -- African Americans in the sciences. From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909 Gateway to African-American History The Jackson Davis Collection of African-American Educational Photographs -- The Special Collections Department at the University of Virginia began to digitize approximately 4,500 photographs taken by Jackson Davis between 1915 and 1930, under the auspice of the General Education Board of New York City. Davis's main interests were Southern education, race relations, and education in the Belgian Congo and Liberia. The collection primarily documents African-American education at "colored schools" in the Southern United States and also includes views of Africa. About two-thirds of the photographs are currently available online. John Henrik Clarke Africana Library The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project -- Dr. King's Letter from Birmingham Jail and a number of full-text primary documents (including the "I Have a Dream" speech and the "I've Been To The Mountaintop" sermon), a general biography, and a chronology of Dr. King's life are some of the features of the Website. Melanet -- Melanet calls itself the "Uncut Black Experience." National Museum of African Art Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement Underground Railroad -- Results of a study by the National Park Service of the Railroad. W.E.B. Du Bois Virtual University Women of Color Health Data Book -- In this report the term "women of color" encompasses four major groups of women-Native, Hispanic, black, and Asian Americans-with subgroups within each of the major groups. The health of adolescent and elderly women of color receives separate attention as well. Search for life expectancy, demographics, tobacco use, violence and other factors. Explanation of Location Codes |
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