African-American Literature Research Guide

BIBLIOGRAPHIES
African-American Traditions in Song, Sermon,..., 1600s-1920... Music Ref and Blk Sts Z5956 A47 S68 1990
Afro-American History: A Bibliography. Black Studies & Main Ref Z 1361 N39 S56
Afro-American short story : a comprehensive, annotated... EGSL Ref Z1229.N39 Y36 1986
Black Access: [...] Afro-American Bibliographies. EGSL Ref Z 1361 N39 N578 1984
Black Slavery in the Americas, EGSL Ref Z 7164 S6 S63 1982
Black writers in New England EGSL Ref Z1229.N39 C57 1985
Blacks in America: Bibliographical Essays. EGSL Ref Z 1361 N39 B56 1972
Blacks in Selected Newspapers, Censuses & Other Sources, EGSL Ref Z 11361 N39 A28
Harlem in review :critical reactions to Black American... Blk Sts PS153.N5 B32 1992
Harlem Renaissance EGSL Ref Z5956.A47 P47 1982
Paul Robeson research guide EGSL Ref Z8747.74 .D38 1982
The Pen is Ours [Writings by & about Women before 1910] EGSL Ref PS 153 Y44 1991
Twentieth Century Caribbean and Black African Writers, 3rd series. Main Ref PN141 D52 v. 157
Zora Neale Hurston : a reference guide Black Sts & Main Z8428.66 .N48 1987

BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES
African American Biographies, EGSL Ref E185.96 H38 1992
Afro-American fiction writers after 1955 EGSL Ref PS153.N5 A34 1984
Afro-American poets since 1955 EGSL Ref PS153.N5 A38 1985
Afro-American writers before the Harlem renaissance EGSL Ref PS153.N5 A393 1986
Afro-American writers from the Harlem Renaissance to 1940 EGSL Ref PS153.N5 A396 1987
Afro-American writers, 1940-1955. Black Sts Ref & Main Ref PN 141 D52 v.76
Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians. Black Studies ML 105 S67
The Biographical Dictionary of Black Americans. EGSL Ref E 185.96 K73 1992
Black Authors & Illustrators of Children's Books:... Curriculum Lab Ref PN 1009 A1 R65 1992
Black Writers, EGSL Ref PS 153 N5 B567 1989
DLB Documentary Series, Vol. 8. Black Aesthetic Movement. Main Ref PS 129 D48 1982
Early Black American playwrights & dramatic writers EGSL Ref PS153.N5 P44 1990
Harlem Renaissance & beyond:100 Black women writers Blk Sts PS153.N5 R65 1990
In Black & White. EGSL Ref Z 1361 N39 S655 1980 & supp.
Notable Black American Women. Main Ref E 185.96 N68 1992
Black Biography, 1790-1950: A Cumulative Index. EGSL Ref Z 1361 N39 B52 1991
Who's Who Among Black Americans, 1975+. EGSL Ref E 185.96 W52

INDEXES & ABSTRACTS
Alternative Press Index, 1969-1993 Table 2A
Arts & Humanities Citation Index, 1976+ Tables 1A & 2A
Black Newspapers Index, 1977+ EGSL Ref AI3 I46
British Humanities Index, 1964-1993 Table 2A
Essay & General Literature Index, 1900+ Table 2A
Humanities Index, 1974/75+ Table 3A
Index to Black Periodicals, 1950+, EGSL Ref AI3 I8
Kaiser Index to Black Resources, 1948-1986, EGSL Ref Z1361 N39 K34 1992
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, 1900+ Tables 4A; Arts Ref 1900 - 1949
Review of the Arts Film & Television, 1975+, Ref Index Area PN1995 .F453
Sage Race Relations Abstracts, 1975+, Ref Index Area  HT1501 .S24
Social Sciences Index, 1974+, Index Table 3A, 4A
Women Studies Abstracts, 1972+ Ref Index Area  HQ1154 .W65
Social Sciences Citation Index, 1955+, Ref Index Area  Z7163 .S56
 
SPECIAL SOURCES
Black literature, 1827-1940: Black fiction... (microfiche). Blk Sts PS647.A35 B52 1987
Booker T. Washington Papers, vols 1+ Black Studies E185.97 W274
Complete Published Works of W.E.B. DuBois, Black Studies (call numbers vary)
Langston Hughes: the dream keeper (videorecording) Curr Lab PS3515 .U274 Z67 1988
Lyrics of the Afro-American Spiritual: A Documentary Collection. EGSL Ref ML 54.6 L96 1993
Papers of the National Negro Congress. EGSL Ref E195.61 N338 1988 Microfilm & guide
Paul Robeson: world citizen. (sound recording) Curr Lab, Media ML420.R62 A23 1983
Schomburg library of nineteenth-century Black women writers (call number varies)

COMPUTERIZED SOURCES:

Use PEGASUS to find material here at UCSB;
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Use MELVYL catalog to find material at other campuses:

CALIFORNIA DIGITAL LIBRARY (CDL) JOURNAL ARTICLE DATABASES:

ABI / Inform [economics] Anthropological Literature (@RLG) [anthropology] ArtAbstracts (@OCLC) [fine arts] Current Contents [academic disciplines]]

Magazine & Journal Articles (MAGS)  [popular & academic] Newspaper Articles (NEWS)  [major U.S. newspapers] MLA (@OCLC)   [MLA Biliography] RILM Abstracts (@OCLC) [ethnomusicology]

CD-ROMs (Get CD-ROMs at the Electronic Arcade Desk on the 1st Floor, except where noted)

America History & Life  BHA [art hist] Arts Lib  Biography & Genealogy  Black Studies on Disc  CAB Abstracts SEL Ref Desk  DYABOLA [art/arch] Arts Lib  Ethnic NewsWatch  Film Index International  Historical Abstracts  IBZ (international book reviews)

Le Monde  London Times  Los Angeles Times  MLA  Muse [ethnomusic] Arts Lib  RAA [art/arch] Arts Lib  Religion Index  RILA [art] Arts Lib  Women's Studies on Disc

INTERNET RESOURCES: A Sampling of internet sites related to African Americans

UCSB Library's Black Studies homepage
Literary resources
Writing Black USA: Full texts of Black literary works
General on all Africana topics

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