• Academic Search Complete
• America: History & Life
  
• African American Newspapers (historical)
• Ethnic NewsWatch (1960-present)
• JSTOR - full text up to 3-5 years ago
• Women's Studies International
• more...

• Bibliographic Guide to Black Studies - Clapp Ref qZ1361 .N39 S373a
• Current Bibliography on African Affairs - Clapp Ref Z3501 .C8
• Index to Black Periodicals - Clapp Ref qAI3 .04
• Africa Bib.org
• Wellesley's Research Resources for Statistics & Data
• more...

• Africa Web Links: An Annotated Resource List
• African American Mosaic
• Center for Africana Studies - U. Penn.
• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
• WWW Virtual Library: African Studies

• tip: use an encyclopedia for a quick overview, to develop vocabulary for searching, & for further sources
  
  
• Oxford African American Studies Center
  
• Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History - Clapp Ref DT29 .E53 2003
  
• Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Civil Rights - Clapp Ref E185.61 .E54 2003
• New Encyclopedia of Africa
• more...

• try a subject search in the library catalog:
  • african americans
  • history blacks
  • blacks africa
    

• try keyword searches with phrases such as united states civil rights, black biographies, black feminist movement, etc.
  
  
• for items we don't own, search WorldCat and request a copy (click on the Find It! button)

Librarians for Africana Studies

Laura Reiner
Research & Instruction, x2108

Graham Henderson
Collections, x3514

Student Library Research Award

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