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    By: Melissa Finley Gonzalez

    History Reference Librarian

    Updated June 2008

African American Studies Research Guide:
Getting Started

Reference Guides:

African-American Book of Lists. 1997. (Ref E 185 A2524)

African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture. 1994. (U.S. Doc. LC 1.6/4:AF 8)

Bibliographical Guide to African-American Women Writers. 1993. (Ref PS 153 N5 J67)

Black American Reference Book. 1976. (Ref E 185 D25)

Black Access: A Bibliography of Afro-American Bibliographies. 1984. (Ref E 185 N43)

Black History: A Guide to Civilian Records in the National Archives. 1984. (Ref E 185 N576)

Black Resource Guide. 1993/1994. (Ref E 185 .5 B565)

Global Voices, Global Visions: A Core Collection of Multicultural Books. 1995. (Ref Z 5579 .6 M56)

New York Public Library African American Desk Reference. 1999. (Ref E 185 N425)

Spirited Minds: African-American Books for Our Sons and Our Brothers. 1997. (Ref PS 153 N5 S67)


Encyclopedias & Dictionaries:

Dictionary of American Negro Biography. 1982. (Ref E 185 .96 L6 1982)

Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights: From Emancipation to the Present. 1992. (Ref E 185 .61 E54 1992)

Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History. 1996. (Ref E 185 E54)

Encyclopedia of African-American Education. 1996. (Ref LC 2717 E53) .

Encyclopedia of Black America. 1981. (Ref E 185 E55)

Encyclopedia of African-American Heritage. 1997. (Ref E 185 A455)

Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America. 2000. (Ref E 184 A1 G14)


Handbooks & Directories:

African-American Almanac. 1994. (Ref E 185 A37)

African-American Historic Places: National Register of Historic Places. 1994. (Ref E 185 A2534)

African-American Quotations. 1998. (Ref PN 6081 .3 A36)

African-American Resource Directory. 1995. (Ref F 319 P4 A47)

Afromation: 366 Days of American History. 1995 (Ref E 185 .96 A524)

Black Americans Information Directory. 1994. (Ref E 185 .5 B557)

Chronology of African-American History: Significant Events and People From 1619 to the Present.1991. (Ref E 185 H64)

Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction. 1996. (Ref E 185 .96 F64)

Handbook of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. 1999. (Ref LC 2781 H45)

Routes to Slavery: Direction, Ethnicity, and Mortality in the Transatlantic Slave Trade. 1997. (Ref HT 1322 R65)


Biographical Sources:

African American Biographical Database: 1790-1850

Black Leaders of the Nineteenth Century. 1988. (Book Stacks E 185 .96 B3535)

Black Leaders of the Twentieth Century. 1982. (Ref E 185 .96 B536)

Black 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential African Americans Past and Present. 1998. (Ref E 185 .96 S255)

Biography Resource Center

Harlem Renaissance and Beyond: Literary Biographies of 100 Black Women Writers. 1990. (Ref PS 153 N5 R65)

Notable Black American Women. 1992. (Ref E 185 .96 N68)

Who's Who Among African Americans. 1998. (Ref E 185 .96 W52)


Statistical Sources:

African-American Education DataBook. 1997. (Ref LC 2717 N47)

Black Americans: A Statistical Sourcebook. (Ref E 185 .5 B55)

Black Population Data (Census)

Statistical Record of Black America. 1997. (Ref E 185 .5 S83)

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