Library Black Studies 381 / HIST 365

• America, History & Life (1964 to present)
  Covers the world's scholarly literature on the history and culture of the United States and Canada.
• Historical Abstracts with Full Text (1955 to present)
  Scholarly literature about world history since 1450 (excluding the United States and Canada).
• JSTOR
  Full-text backfiles of over two thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. (Alumni access)
• Project Muse
  Online database of more than 200 journals from nonprofit publishers. (Alumni access)
• Cambridge Companions
  Surveys of authors, literary history, culture, and philosophy, all written by scholars.

• Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History
  Articles surveying all aspects of the black diaspora; strongest on U.S.
• Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895
  Surveys of all aspects of black history from the arrival of the first African slaves through the 19th century.
• Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the present
  Essays on all aspects of recent African American history: people, events, places, etc.

Girard, Haitian Revolution Historiography

Developing a search strategy (in-class exercise)

Workshop presentation