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Reference/Books 

See booklist for full list of library holdings related to the topic of American slavery slavery booklist.doc

 

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Serials/Databases

 

For information on accessing databases, see the following wiki page St. Mark's Library Lion Links Databases

 

The following databases contain serials and articles in the fields of history and social sciences.

American National Biography

Features more than 18,000 biographies of deceased Americans, famous and infamous.

Britannica Online

General encyclopedia plus current events, primary documents, journals and magazine articles, videos, and curriculum related web sites.

EBSCOhost

All subjects including: Animals, AP Courses, Arts, Books, Computers, Consumer Education, Economics, Government, Health, History, Law, Libraries, Literature, Math, Medicine (MEDLINE), Philosophy, Professional Education, Psychology, Religion, Sciences, Texas History. English, Spanish, and other languages available for these book, magazine, or newspaper articles.

Electric Library

Full text articles from hundreds of books, popular magazines, scholarly journals, and newspapers; radio and television news transcripts;maps and pictures. Covers a broad spectrum of subjects and current events. Includes History Study Center and Literature Database.

Facts On File

American Indian History and Culture; Curriculum Resource Center for Elementary Students and Teachers; Sciences; and a World Atlas with printable outline maps for the classroom.

GALE INFOTRAC: All Subjects

Books, magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias, almanacs, and other resources on all subjects. Includes full text Spanish magazine articles: Informe

GALE INFOTRAC: POWER SEARCH

This link allows you to search multiple GALE INFOTRAC databases at one time.

JSTOR

Archives of over 300 peer-reviewed journals from twenty-six academic disciplines Remote access to JSTOR

LexisNexis

Vast newspaper database of full-text archives from 1980 to present. Provides access to information on congressional legislation, policy debates, and legal research.

Literature Online

350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama, and prose, 150 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.

Muse

Full-text scholarly, peer-reviewed journals covering literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, and gender studies.

NewsBank

Newspaper articles about animals, arts, earth, fossils, geography, health, math, people, plants, poetry, science, sports, and important problems in the world.

ProQuest

Current and historical state, national, and international newspapers and magazines, including: The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.

SIRS Knowledge Source

Current articles on business, the environment, family, global issues, health, human relations, religion, science, sports, and social issues.

Web Feet K-12 Collection

This database contains collections of non-subscription Internet sites favorably reviewed by librarians, educators, subject-area specialists, and editors.

World Book Encyclopedia

The general encyclopedia online with hyperlinks to relevant research sites.

 

Websites

 

PBS's Slavery and the Making of America - A Resource Guide

 

African-American Archaeology, History and Cultures

Provides access to a multitude of sources concerning the African Diaspora, including archaeology, history, and culture.

African American Culture

Annotated list of authoritative and scholarly African American websites, with an emphasis on sites with large collections of links elsewhere, educational sites and research centers, organizations and associations, selected e-journals, and discussion groups. By Elna L. Saxton and Jo McClamroch; published also in College & Research Libraries News.

African American Mosaic

One of the first African American digital resources developed by the Library of Congress, this online resource guide presents long full-text and occasionally illustrated essays on topics such as abolition, migration, the WPA, and colonization, Liberia, and the American Colonization Society.

African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship

Online exhibit of full text and images from the Library of Congress collections, organized chronologically via chapters on slavery, Antebellum free Blacks, the Civil War and reconstruction, the "Booker T. Washington era," both World Wars, and the civil rights movement.

African American Science Books for Younger Readers

Lengthy and substantive research guide provides suggested readings (books, articles, journals) and relevant search techniques for the topic. From the Library of Congress and their Science Reference Services' "Science Tracer Bullets Online" website.

African American Women in the Sciences & Related Disciplines

Lengthy and substantive research guide provides suggested readings (books, articles, journals) and relevant search techniques for the topic. From the Library of Congress and their Science Reference Services' "Science Tracer Bullets Online" website.

African American Women: On-line Archival Collections

Scanned documents, letters, and other primary sources from Duke University Library Special Collections. Women featured include Elizabeth Johnson Harris, Vilet Lester, Hannah Valentine and Lethe Jackson. Also includes relevant links to other African American women's history resources.

African American Women Writers

Exemplary online resource presents text and images from the renowned Schomburg Center on the topic of African American women writers of the 19th century. Contents are searchable by title, author, and by literary genre (poetry, essays, etc.). Also includes a number of accompanying essays.

Africans in America

Companion website to the PBS 4-part documentary, covering the years 1450 through 1865. Includes individual online chapters for various sets of years, with narrative text, maps, illustrations, and other resources. Includes student and teacher guides, plus information about the documentary series.

American Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology

Collection of full-text narratives from thirteen African American former slaves. Includes brief biographies of each narrator, plus bibliographies and other sources for further study. From the University of Virginia.

Blacks in the Sciences & Related Disciplines

Lengthy and substantive research guide provides suggested readings (books, articles, journals) and relevant search techniques for the topic. From the Library of Congress and their Science Reference Services' "Science Tracer Bullets Online" website.

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938

This new online collection from the Library of Congress includes "... more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves. These narratives were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and assembled and microfilmed in 1941 as the seventeen-volume Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves." (Note: These volumes available in ISU Parks Library under call number: E441 .A58) Contents are searchable by keyword, and can be browsed by narrator, subject, by state, or by volume (corresponding to the print versions mentioned above.)

Center for Black Music Research: CBMR

Authoritative definitions, bibliographies, discographies, and links to online vendors for African American & African diaspora musical styles, including jazz, gospel, folk styles of all kinds, rhythm and blues, reggae, Cuban son, Dominican and Haitian merengue, Puerto Rican bomba and plena, plus pan-Caribbean salsa, and Brazilian samba. From Columbia College.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Guide to Black History (ISU only)

Online multimedia encyclopedia includes biographical profiles of numerous individuals, and background articles on broad topics of interest, with particularly strong coverage of civil rights and music. Also includes annotated African American web links of interest. Contents are searchable only by chronology or by broad topic.

Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress

Online full text of the papers of this important 19th century African American abolitionist.

Harlem History

Scholarly multimedia website from Columbia University describes arts and culture, the neighborhood, and politics of Harlem. Includes authoritative full text, high quality streaming video and music files, photos, oral histories, and excerpts from a number of publications.

Malcolm X: A Research Site

Scholarly collection of online bibliographies, a chronology, study guide, and more information on Malcolm X, his work, and his legacy. Includes many scholarly and authoritative links elsewhere, plus interactive discussion features.

Slave Movement during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

This website from the University of Wisconsin makes available to registered users selected raw data on the slave trade to the Americas. Specific data includes "Records of Slave Ship Movement between African & the Americas, 1817-1843," "Angola Slave Trade in the 18th Century, 1723-1771," and various records regarding the slave trade to Cuba, Jamaica, Rio de Janeiro, and elsewhere. An invaluable resource.

Women of Color Web

Selections from major critical essays of prominent women authors and intellectuals on the topic of race and gender. Authors profiled include bell hooks, Patricia Hill Collins, Barbara Smith, Angela Y. Davis, and many others including Latina and Asian American authors. Writings are organized into the broad categories of feminisms, reproductive rights, and sexualities. Also includes links to online teaching tools (mainly web index sites and web bibliographies), a listing of relevant organizations and their websites, and online discussion lists for women of color. From the Harvard School of Public Health.