BLACK STUDIES
Spring 2008
- Black Studies 33/History 12 : The Black Diaspora: From Empancipation to the Present
Fall 2007
- Black Studies 21/History11 : From Africa to the Escalera Conspiracy
- Black Studies 54/English 15 : Black Music/Black Poetry
ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIAS, HANDBOOKS, ETC
- The Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History: the Black Experience in the Americas : Survey articles about all aspects of life and culture.
- Oxford Reference: Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature: Brief guide to authors, literary movements, etc.
- Oxford Reference: Dictionary of African Mythology :Identifications of tales, deities, terms, etc
- American National Biography : Standard biographical source for (dead) Americans, including many famous African Americans
ONLINE GUIDES, DATABASES, & LIBRARIES
- Five College Library Catalog: For all the books in the Five College libraries.
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library : Search one of the best collections of materials about history and culture of people of African origin.
- The African-American Mosaic: a Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture : Exhibition catalog and literature guide from Library of Congress.
- America: History and Life and Historical Abstracts : Index to articles and some books published since 1964 on history.
- American Search Premier and Academic Onefile: Indexes to a broad selection of mainstream journals, with many articles about African Americans and Africans.
WEB RSOURCES: LINKS, TEXTS, IMAGES
- Internet Resources for Students of African American History and Culture : Links to historical documents, timelines, bibliographies, and more.
- American Memory: African American History: Personal narratives, sheet music, images, and much more from the Library of Congress.
- Images of African Americans from the 19th Century from Digital Schomburg.
- Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources : African studies links from Stanford University.
- African Studies: From the World-Wide Web Virtual Library, a site based at Columbia University.
NEWS: CONTEMPORARY AND HISTORICAL
- Ethnic NewsWatch: Complete articles from the minority press in the United States.
- allAfrica.com : Best news sources from African countries.
- African American Newspapers: the 19th Century : Historically important newspapers.
OTHER HELP
- Margaret Adams Groesbeck, Black Studies Department Liaison, (413)542-2098
- Style
Manuals: How to cite books and articles for a paper or project.
Send comments to Margaret Adams Groesbeck (magroesbeck)