LibGuides: Afro American Studies: Home

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Library Resources and Library Research Strategies in Afro American Studies

Books ■ Databases ■ Journals ■ Theses & Dissertations ■ Microforms ■ Librarian contact info

Course Guides for Afro American Studies Classes & Topics

AfroAm 117: Survey of African American Literature I

Afro Am 222 Black Church In America

Afro Am 236: History of the Civil Rights Movement

Afro Am 297A: Black Springfield Matters

Afro Am 326: Black Women in U.S. History

Afro Am 365: Composition: Style and Organization (Junior Year Writing)

Afro Am 691C: Historiographical Methods in Afro-American Studies

Afro Am 692U: Dynamics of Race and the Law

Afro Am 701 & 702: Major Works in Afro American Studies

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Databases to start out with

African American Biographical Database
A source for information on 19th and early 20th century African American lives and culture, a digitized collection of books published 1790-1950.

Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.

African American Newspapers
Seven nineteenth-century African American newspapers in full text, including advertising, 1827-1902.

Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
American Music
68,000 tracks of historical recordings of jazz, blues, gospel and other genres, 1890's-1970's.

Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.

For full terms of use, please see the Electronic Resources Usage Policy (https://www.library.umass.edu/about-the-libraries/policies/electronic-resources-usage-policy/).
America: History & Life
Journal articles, dissertations, and book reviews, many in full text, relating to United States and Canadian history and prehistory, 1954-present.

Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Black Studies Center
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Combines key indices (Schomburg, IIBP, etc) to scholarship and primary sources in Afro-American studies.

Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Black Thought and Culture
Collection of monographs, essays, articles, speeches, and interviews written by leaders within the African American community from 1700s to 1975.

Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.

For full terms of use, please see the Electronic Resources Usage Policy (https://www.library.umass.edu/about-the-libraries/policies/electronic-resources-usage-policy/).
Ethnic NewsWatch
Full-text articles from newspapers, magazines and journals of ethnic communities in the United States. In several languages, 1965-present.

Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Historical Pittsburgh Courier
The leading newspaper of the African American community in twentieth-century U.S. Covers 1911-2002.
HistoryMakers Digital Archive
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The HistoryMakers is a national 501 (c)(3) non-profit video oral history archive headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The HistoryMakers is dedicated to preserving African American history as the missing link in American history. Focused on American history, oral history and education in general and more specifically on African American history, education, music, law, the arts, science, technology, media, medicine, entertainment, fashion & beauty, business, the military, politics and sports, The History Makers is a combination archive, library, museum, stock footage collection, on-line educator and educational PBS/TV programming. Its topics include but are not limited to African American organizations and associations, slavery, reconstruction, the labor movement, the civil rights movement and black authors."

Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.

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Citation Management

Use a citation manager, such as Zotero to keep track of your research.

Put all your references in one place, create quick and easy bibliographies, build your knowledgebase for the rest of your career. For help, check out the online guides and webinars or Ask a Librarian.

Some tips on using Chicago notation style with Zotero.

Spotlight on: W.E.B. Du Bois Papers & W.E.B. Du Bois Center

W.E.B. Du Bois Papers

Search and view correspondence, writings, and photographs in the W. E. B. Du Bois Papers online.

And/ or visit the Special Collections and University Archives department of the W.E.B. Du Bois Library, located on the 25th floor.

Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., during the academic year, except major holidays.

During semester breaks, on certain holidays, and in the summer, Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) is open 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m

W.E.B. Du Bois Center

Located on the 22nd floor of the W.E.B. Du Bois Library, the W. E. B. Du Bois Center was established in 2009 to engage the nation and the world in discussion and scholarship about the global issues involving race, labor and social justice.

Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Afro American Studies

Librarian for Afro American Studies

Librarian in New Africa House

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