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Research Area Resources: Black Studies
Black Studies is a multi disciplinary major devoted to the exploration and analysis of the history and culture of African people in the United States, Caribbean, and Africa. It seeks to define the Black experience from an African and Afro-American centered perspective rather than Euro-centric perspective, to illuminate the contribution of African people to world culture and to correct a traditional approach to the study of world history that has tended to bypass the Black Diaspora experience.
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Sources for Reference Material
To find encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, etc. that are relevant to Black Studies topics, click on the hyperlinks below to view suggested resources you can search or browse.
Search or Browse Online Reference Sources
To find reference materials from STL online sources, search the entire Gale Virtual Reference Library database or click on the hyperlink to a specific title to search or browse in that particular source.
Gale Virtual Reference Library Resources
- E.g., Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
- E.g., Harlem Renaissance
- E.g., Contemporary Novelists
- E.g., Contemporary Poets
- E.g., Dictionary of American History
- E.g., American Civil War Reference Library
- E.g., St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
- E.g., Countries and Their Cultures
- E.g., Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations
- E.g., Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
Browse for Print Reference Sources
To find reference materials about the following subjects, click on the hyperlink to automatically search the STL Reference collection for sources about that subject:
To refine any of the above automatic searches in order to find items about a more specific sub-topic, click on the Refine link from the Whole Set options at the top of your results. At the Library Catalog - Refine page, add the topic term to which you want to limit your results. Search for Other Reference Sources
To find reference sources for your own subject, do an Advanced Search of the STL Online Catalog:
- Go the the Advanced Search interface of the STL Online Catalog:
- Select an appropriate Field to Search
- Enter your general subject term in the Search For box
- Select the Reference Collection from the Limit by Collection options
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Search for Black Studies-related articles
To identify newspaper, magazine, or scholarly journal articles about Black Studies topics, click on the hyperlinks below for suggestions of useful article databases or indexes to search:
Electronic Article Databases
Print Article Indexes
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Search for books and other materials
related to Black Studies topics
For books or library materials in other media, use the Sojourner Truth Library Online Catalog to find items in the STL Collections or use catalogs from other libraries to identify items that can be requested through the STL Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad) services.
Browse the STL Collections for Black Studies-related subjects
Click on a subject hyperlink to view a list of items about that subject in a specific STL collection:
Locate Items in the STL Collections:
Search catalogs from other libraries
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Suggested Web Resources
Resources for Statistics
- Black Population in the United States
This US Census Bureau site presents a statistical history of the African-American population emphasizing socioeconomic data from 1990 to date.
- Minority Links
Also from the US Census Bureau, this site provides links to statistical resources that depict all aspects of socioeconomic conditions of minorities in America.
- Survey of Business Owners (SBO) -- Black-Owned Firms: 2002
The SBO is part of the Economic Census, which is conducted every five years. These SBO statistics describe the characteristics of U.S. businesses owned by Blacks. The page also has links to other minority business statistics. (More information about the SBO.)
Primary Source Materials
- American Memory: African American History
A diversity of primary sources documenting African American history and culture from the Library of Congress.
- Making of America
Digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through Reconstruction. (More information about Making of America)
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
is a site supporting the Schomburg Center, "a national research library devoted to collecting, preserving and providing access to resources documenting the experiences of peoples of African descent throughout the world."
- American Slave Narratives
This site contains a selection of transcripts of ten selected slave interviews and photographs collected by the Works Progress Administration in the late 1930's. The selections are from the entire collection of narratives found in George P. Rawick, ed., The American Slave: A Composite Autobiography (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1972-79).
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
As part of the Smithsonian Institution's new museum of African American history, scheduled to open on the Washington Mall in 2015, this web site has been initiated to enable online experiences of exhibits, programs, and educational materials from the museum prior to its physical opening. The web site also offers online access to collected "Memories," for images, audio, and texts representing "the collected reminiscences of ordinary Americans."
Academic, Governmental, and Professional web sites
- AfricaWeb Links:An Annotated Resource List
Maintained by the African Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania, this site is an index to African Studies resources on the World Wide Web, arranged by major subject. Categories include arts and architecture, business and trade, environment, health, history, law, music and films, organizations, population studies, sports, travel, and others.
- Archives of African American Music and Culture
Maintained by Indiana University, this site provides a selected list of Internet Resources for African American Music. It is divided into categories that include black radio, blues, gospel, jazz, hip-hop and rap, rock and roll, awards, and more.
- Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
is a non-partisan, non-profit, public policy, research and educational institute that has worked to broaden and elevate the influence of African Americans in the political, legislative and public policy arenas. The site includes a listing of the members with links to member's pages.
- The NAACP
In addition to issues of current interest and press releases, scroll down this site to access a comprehensive list to African-American Web Sites of interest. There are also separate sections with links to African-American entrepreneurs and businesses, and organizations.
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