Library Research in Afro-American Studies


General Reference Sources

Bio-bibliographical Information               Book Reviews
Biography Index Book Review Digest
Biography and Genealogy Master Index America: History and Life
Britannica Online Reader's Guide Abstracts
Gale's Literary Index Lexis/Nexis Academic
Literature Resource Center Factiva --
American National Biography  Ref  CT213 .A68 1999 Book Review Digest 1905- (Ref   Z1219 .C96)
Current Biography  Ref  CT1000 C8 Book Review Index  1966-  (Ref   Z1035.A1 B7)
Reference Books (Contributions by JR) Index to Book Reviews in the Humanities 1961-
(Ref   Z1035.A1 I6)
The encyclopedia of civil rights in America / editors, David Bradley, Shelley Fisher Fishkin. Armonk, N.Y. : Sharpe Reference, c1998 Edition (E185.61 .E544 1998) New York Times Index 1913- (Ref   AI21 .N44)
Encyclopedia of African-American civil rights : from emancipation to the present / edited by Charles D. Lowery and John F. Marszalek.   New York : Greenwood Press, c1992 E185.61 .E54 1992 Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature 1900-1994
(Ref  AI3 .R4)
Historical statistics of Black America / compiled & edited by Jessie Carney Smith and Carrell Peterson Horton.  New York : Gale Research, c1995 E185 .H543 1995  

Books

To locate books on Afro-American studies topics, use the following catalogs:
CSUF OPAC -- Books, journals, and other materials in the CSUF Library
LINK+ -- Books, journals, and other materials in 7 CSU libraries and the Claremont Colleges Libraries
Melvyl -- Books, journals, etc. in UC and other libraries in California; periodical holdings for all 23 CSUs
WorldCat -- Books and other materials from libraries worldwide (via OCLC FirstSearch)

To locate books on racism for Afro335: History of Racism, try the following subject headings:
(Contributions by JR)

General Subject Headings:
Racism - United States
Racism - United States - History
Racism - Political Aspects - United States
Afro Americans - Civil Rights
Race Discrimination - United States
Race Discrimination - United States - History
United States - Race Relations
Segregation - United States - History

Selected Specific (Institutions) Subject Headings:
Racism in Motion Pictures
Racism in Literature
Racism - Political Aspects - United States
Discrimination in Criminal Justice Administration
Minorities on Television - United States

Journal Articles

To locate journal articles on your research topics, use the following electronic journals, indexes/abstracts, and full-text databases.  They are available via the Library's home page under Electronic Information Resources.  To learn about these databases, see All Databases Described.

Electronic Journal Collections

JSTOR
Project Muse


Indexes/Abstracts Databases

America: History and Life
Arts & Humanities Search
Art Abstracts
ERIC
Humanities Abstracts
International Index to Music Periodicals
MLA Bibliography
Music Index (CD-ROM version; accessible only through the Pollak Library; not available via Titan Access)
PsycINFO (via SilverPlatter)
Social Sciences Abstracts
Women's Resources International

Full-text (or selected full-text) Databases
Expanded Academic ASAP
Factiva -- Select Publications Library
Lexis/Nexis Academic --Select News, Legal Research, or Reference.
Literature Resource Center

Web Resources

Notable Web Resources on Afro-American Studies
Britannica Internet Guide Browse the "best of the web" selected by Britannica's editors under the subject: Society & Social Science, or type the term, racism, into the search box to find web sites on this topic.

Multidisciplinary Resources This guide proivdes resource links to American Studies, Afro-Ethnic Studies, Asian-American Studies, Chicano Studies, Women's Studies, Latin-American Studies, and other disciplines.  This guide resides on the CSUF Library homepage.

How can I tell the good, the beautiful, and the truthful from the bad, false, and ugly?

Learn to evaluate Internet resources!   Consider the following criteria:

Authority
Content
Accuracy
Currency
Objectivity
Usability & Aesthetics

To learn more about how to evaluate web resources, please visit Evaluating Web Resources.

Referencing Electronic Information

When citing electronic and Internet references, consult your professor for the appropriate style manual required.  For citing references in MLA style, please refer to the official MLA web site.  Xia Li and Nancy Crane created one of the first reference works for citing electronic information: Bibliographic Formats for Citing Electronic Information.  The Library of Congress provides a guide, Citing Electronic Resources, for its digitized collections.  Pollak Library also has a web page, CyberCitations, linking to style guides such as MLA, APA, Turabian, and Chicago.

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