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A general guide to library research in Afro American Studies.
Last update: Jan 27th, 2010 URL: http://guides.library.umass.edu/afroam  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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  • African American Biographical Database  
      
    Full-text books on African American lives and culture.
  • African American Newspapers: The 19th Century  
      
    Seven nineteenth-century African American newspapers in full text, including advertising, 1827-1902.
  • African American Song  
      
    Audio database which documents African American music, including jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, folk songs, and narratives, from the Document Records label. Browse by category of music, region, genre, instrument, artist, ensemble, and time period. A playli
  • America: History and Life  
      
    Citations and abstracts for journal articles, dissertations, and book reviews relating to United States and Canadian history. Citations can exported directly to RefWorks.
  • Black Studies Center  
      
    Combines several resources for research in Black Studies: Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index to Black Periodicals (IIBP), The Chicago Defender, and the Black Literature Index.
  • Black Thought and Culture  
      
    Contains hundreds of sources authors which includes the nonfiction published works of leading African Americans. Includes many writers of the Harlem Renaissance.
  • Ethnic NewsWatch  
      
    Full-text articles from the newspapers, magazines and journals of ethnic communities in the United States. Citations can be exported directly to RefWorks.
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I do Reference and Research Consultations: Spring 2010 - Mondays 10:30-12:30 & Wednesdays 4-6, Reference & Research Assistance Desk, Learning Commons, W.E.B. Du Bois Library. And by appointment.

 
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