Research Guide to African American Studies

Bibliographies

Search Orbis by Subject Heading:

African-American Bibliographies Mississippi State University web site, 1998.

The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture. Library of Congress web site, 1997.

African-American Newspapers and Periodicals: A National Bibliography. Ed. James P Danky. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998. SML, Reference Z6944 N39 +A37X 1998.

African-American Studies. Georgetown U. American Studies web site, 1998.

African and African American Studies at UC Berkeley. UC Berkeley Library web site, 1998.

Bataille, Gretchen, Miguel Carranza, and Laurie Lisa. Ethnic Studies in the United States: A Guide to Research. New York: Garland, 1996. SML, Reference E184 A1 B275X 1996.

Blacks in Latin America and the Caribbean: Selected Bibliographic Sources. UT Austin Library web site, 1990.

Blockson, Charles L. A Commented Bibliography of One Hundred and One Influential Books By and About People of African Descent, 1556-1982: A Collector's Choice. Amsterdam: A. Gerits & Sons, 1989. SML Z1361 N39 +B585 1989. (LC)

Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, U. of Michigan. Black Immigration and Ethnicity in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography. Westport: Greenwood, 1985. SML Z1361 N39 B553 1985.

Davis, Nathaniel. Afro-American Reference: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Resources. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985. SML, Reference Z1361 N39 D37 1985. (LC)

Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans 1639 - 1800
Works issued in America from 1639 to 1800. The collection is comprised of the non-serial titles recorded by Charles Evans in his American Bibliography and additional items identified by Roger Pattrell Bristol in Supplement to Charles Evans' American Bibliography.

Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker 1810-1819
Full-text access to the 36,000 American books, pamphlets and broadsides published in the first nineteen years of the nineteenth century. It is the continuation of Readex's Early American Imprints: Series I, based on the bibliography by Ralph B. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker and has been supplemented by thousands of new items.

Early American Newspapers
Reproductions of hundreds of historic newspapers, providing fully text-searchable facsimile images. This collection is based largely on Clarence Brigham's History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820.

Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment
Primary sources: documents the relationships among peoples and with the environment in North America from 1534 to 1850.

Evans, V. Tessa Perry. African-American Studies. Rutgers University Library

Gubert, Betty Kaplan. Early Black Bibliographies, 1863-1918. New York: Garland Pub, 1982. SML, Reference Z1361 N39 E25. (LC)

IBR - International Bibliography of Book Reviews

The Kaiser Index to Black Resources, 1948-1986. Brooklyn: Carlson, 1992-. Compiled by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture reference librarians. SML, Reference Z1361 N39 +K34X 1992. (LC)

Literature Online with MLA

Miller, Elizabeth W. The Negro in America: A Bibliography. American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 2d ed. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1970. SML, Reference Z1361 N39 M55 1970 (LC) and CCL Z1361 N39 M55 1970.

Mageli, Paul D. The Immigrant Experience: An Annotated Bibliography. Pasedena: Salem, 1991. SML Z1361 E4 M334X 1991.

Miller, Joseph Calder. Slavery and Slaving in World History: A Bibliography, 1900-1991. Millwood, NY: Kraus, 1993. SML, Reference Z7164 S6 +M543 1993.

Miller, Wayne Charles. A Comprehensive Bibliography for the Study of American Minorities. New York: New York UP, 1976. 2 v. SML, Reference Z1361 E4 +M52. Also in SML, Andrews Study Z1361 E4 +M529.

Murray, Paul T. The Civil Rights Movement: References and Resources. New York: G. K. Hall, 1993. SML, Reference Z1361 N39 M93X 1993.

Plunkett, Martin, ed. Afro-American Sources in Virginia: A Guide to Manuscripts. Charlottesville: UP of Va.

Porter, Dorothy. The Negro in the United States: A Selected Bibliography. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1970. SML, Reference Z1361 N39 P67. (LC)

Racism in the United States: A Comprehensive Classified Bibliography. Comp. Meyer Weinberg. New York: Greenwood, 1990. SML, Reference Z1361 E4 R33 1990.

Resources in African-American Studies. Columbia University Library

Smith, Dwight La Vern. Afro-American History: A Bibliography. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 1974. Over 4,000 citations drawn from America: History and Life. SML, Reference Z1361 N39 +S65. (LC)

Tischauser, Leslie Vincent. Black/White Relations in American History: An Annotated Bibliography. Lanham: Scarecrow, 1998. SML, Reference Z1361 N39 T57X 1998.

ViVa: A Bibliography of Women's History
Current bibliography of articles about women's and gender history.

Westmoreland, Guy T. An Annotated Guide to Basic Reference Books on the Black American Experience. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1974. SML, Reference Z1361 N39 W49. (LC)

Work, Monroe Nathan. A Bibliography of the Negro in Africa and in America. New York: The H. W. Wilson Company, 1928. SML, Reference Z1361 N39 W67 (LC) and SML X413 1928.

Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600 - 2000
Primary source documents covering women's social movements from 1600 to 2000.

HOME | RESOURCES

Yale African-American Studies Program | PROF: Programs & Research Orientation for Faculty | Related Guides

Search the Library 

Web Site Library Hours Orbis, the Library Online 

Catalog Ask! A 

Librarian a Reference Question Contact Us YaleInfo Yale University © 2007 Yale University Library
Send comments to Bonnie Turner,
Research Services and Collections, Sterling Memorial Library.

March 28, 2007

Search the Library Web Site Library Hours Orbis, the Library Online Catalog Ask! A Librarian a Reference Question Contact Us YaleInfo Yale University