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This research guide provides information about the major print, electronic and web resources for African-American history and culture.

See also the African-American Literature Research Guide prepared by English and American Literature Bibliographer, Brendan Rapple. For more information, contact Shari Grove, Bibliographer for African and African Diaspora Studies (617-552-4481 or grove@bc.edu).

 
 

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Black Studies Center (BC Community Only)
Black Studies Center brings together essential historical and current material for researching the past, present and future of African-Americans, the wider African Diaspora, and Africa itself. It is comprised of the Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, the International Index to Black Periodicals (IIBP), The Chicago Defender, ProQuest Dissertations for Black Studies, and the Black Literature Index.
Oxford African American Studies Center
OAASC database is a comprehensive compendium focusing on the "lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture".
The Harvard Guide to African-American History. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2001. (O'Neill Library E185.H326 2001 Text in Reference.) (CD-ROM E185.H326 2001 in Media Center.)
This guide provides carefully selected lists of the most important publications across the spectrum of African-American history. In addition to chapters on historical research aids, there are chronological chapters (e.g., 1492-1690, 1690-1772 up to 1968-1999) and chapters on the histories of special subjects (e.g., women, government, family and society, religion, education, thought and expression, work and entrepreneurial activity, science and technology, and medicine and health). There are also sections on regional studies, state and local studies, and autobiography and biography. The essays include citations to books, book chapters, journal articles and other types of publications.
      

     
     

    Subject Librarian

    Shari Grove

    Contact Info:
    Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Library Room 407
    617.552.4481
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    My Subjects:
    Sociology, Romance Literatures, Latin American Studies, Women's Studies, African and African-American Diaspora Studies

     
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