Links to African American Resources

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BSL Reference Resources

Reference resources in BSL are located in the northwest section of room 240 on the low shelves. Our Reference Collection provides resources on a variety of subjects concerning Africa and the African Diaspora (including African America).

A sampling of these subjects can be found at:

* Selected BSL Reference Resources for African American Studies *

Indices in the BSL Reference Collection

Black Index:Afro Americana in Selected Periodicals, 1907 - 1949
Black Newspaper Index (Title Varies)
Index to Black Periodicals (Title Varies)
Kaiser Index to Black Resources, 1948 - 1986

Additional Reference Resources

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature

Serials, Journals, Periodicals & Newspapers

New and current serials, journals, periodicals and newspapers are found in the three most northerly rows of the low shelves of the BSL Reference section in the Northwest of Room 240.

Older, bound serials, journals and periodicals are located on the high shelves just across the isle from the current serials in the north end of the BSL Book Collection Area.

Current issues of newspapers are only kept for six months.

All serials, journals and periodicals are arranged alphabetically by title, and are non-circulating.

* Annotated List of Periodicals *

Also available, are resources for reviewing historical and contemporary African American newspaper articles.

* African American Newspapers *

Online Indices and Databases:

= Full Text Articles Available.
= Available from Columbus Campus Only.
(Sign in for Off Campus Access)

Indices of interest to students and scholars researching Afrocentric issues and information are available through the OSUL Research Databases, arranged alphabetically and by major subject area.

Selected Related Indices & Databases

* International Index to Black Periodicals *
* Academic Search FullTEXT Premier *
* Black Drama *
* African-American Poetry *
* Twentieth Century African-American Poetry *
* Ethnic Newswatch (includes African American newspapers) *
* Lexis Nexis Primary Sources in African American History * * LexisNexis Academic *
* LexisNexis Congressional *
* LexisNexis Primary Sources in U. S. History *
* LexisNexis Statistical *
* American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography *
* The Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress *
* IN MOTION The African-American Migration Experience (Schomburg Center) *
* America: History and Life *
* American National Biography *
* Business & Industry *
* Columbia Encyclopedia *
* Contemporary Authors *
* Historical Abstracts *
* MLA International Bibliography *
* PAIS Database *
* Political Risk Yearbook *
* World News Connection *

Available only in the
Black Studies Library Office
Room 240B, Main Library

The Trans-Atlantic slave trade: a database on CD-ROM

E-Book Resources

* Links to E-Books *

Microform Resources on African America

(Microforms (MIC) are Located in Room 140 of the Main Library)

Primary sources of Historical, biographical and statistical information, including:

• African American Historical Records,
• U.S. Government Surveillence and Investigative Records,
• Accumulated Papers of Historical Individuals,
• African American and African Diaspora Cultural Information,
• etc.

* African America on Microform *

Video and Audio Recordings

* Black Studies Videos *
* Black Studies Audio Recordings *

Web Resources ~ African America

* Africana Libraries, Collections & Reading Rooms *
* Landmark Supreme Court Decisions *

* Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, African American Studies Department *
* "African Americans in Southeastern Ohio" *

* Civil Rights Documents *
* The State of Public School Integration - Brown vs. Board of Edu. at 50 *
* The African-American Mosaic - Library of Congress *
* African Americans and the YMCA - Kautz Family YMCA Archives *
* Africans in America - PBS *
* Black History - Pacific Bell Education First Initiative *
* Secret Routes to Freedom: The Underground Railroad Experience *
* African-American History - About.com *
* African American Religion in the 19th Century - NHC *
* Islam in America: From African Slaves to Malcolm X - NHC *
* Eating in America: African-American - OSU Extension *
* Black Writers Alliance *
* Mundo AfroLatino *
* Everything Black *
* African American News & Events *

Civil Rights Organizations

* NAACP *
* NAACP Legal Defense Fund *
* Southern Christian Leadership Conference *

Historically Black Colleges

* United Negro College Fund *
* Historically Black Colleges & Universities *
* African American Global Network - Historically Black Colleges & Universities *

General Reference Links

* Government Links *
* Dictionary.com *
* Encyclopedia.com *
* World Sites Atlas.com *
* Political Risk Yearbook *
* A Reference Resource to Africa & the African Diaspora *
* Great Books - Texts and Fully Searchable Concordances *
* U.S. Higher Education (Index of U.S. Colleges and Universities) *
* Digital History *

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