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America: History And Life (Info)
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| Producer: | EBSCOhost | |
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| Description: | AMERICA: HISTORY AND LIFE is the most comprehensive database to literature on North American history. It contains citations, with abstracts and some full-text access, of articles from about 1,800 scholarly journals, books, book reviews, dissertations, and other materials in 40 languages on North American history -- the United States and Canada. Most cited items have been published since the late 1950s. The database is updated monthly. | |
| Usage Tips: | Searching may be done in all fields at once or limited by specific fields. Searching may be limited by historical period, language, type of publication or year of publication. You may also limit searches to entries with full text only. Output may be e-mailed or printed. | |
| Librarian: | Vaughan Stanley | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Humanities - General Journalism and Mass Communications Politics -- American Politics African-American Studies Poverty Studies | |
Connect to: Historical Abstracts
| Producer: | EBSCOhost | |
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| Description: | HISTORICAL ABSTRACTS is the most comprehensive database to literature on history outside of North America. Comprised of about 700,000 citations of articles (from about 1,700 journals of history and social science), books, book reviews, dissertations, and other materials in 40 languages on history since about 1450 of areas outside the United States and Canada. Most cited items have been published since the 1960s. The database is updated monthly. | |
| Usage Tips: | Searching may be done in all fields at once or limited by specific fields. Searching may be limited by historical period, language, type of publication or year of publication. You may also limit searches to entries with full text only. Output may be e-mailed or printed. | |
| Librarian: | Vaughan Stanley | |
| Descriptors: | Art and Architecture Humanities - General African-American Studies Medieval and Renaissance Studies Poverty Studies History -- Outside U.S. Latin American and Caribbean Studies Islamic Studies East Asian Studies | |
P.A.I.S. (Public Affairs Information Service) International (Info)
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| Producer: | Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) / ProQuest | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | Contains continually updated records for over one million journal articles, books, government documents, research reports, conference papers, web content, and more from about 120 countries on all aspects of public policy and social issues.
Coverage extends back to the 1910's. | |
| Usage Tips: | Please note the "Figures and Tables" search option, near the top of the screen, which allows you to look for graphs, tables, and other forms of images.
For more help with using the ProQuest database interface (searching, printing, etc.), see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General History -- United States Government -- U.S. Federal Government -- U.S. State and Local Government -- Foreign and International Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Foreign and International Politics -- Congressional Research Politics -- General Economics International Trade African-American Studies Poverty Studies Latin American and Caribbean Studies | |
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| Producer: | Sociological Abstracts / ProQuest | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | Preeminent database of research in sociology and related fields in the social and behavioral sciences. It includes references to articles in over 4,000 journals and other serial publications, plus books, dissertations, and conference papers, dating back to the early 1950's. | |
| Usage Tips: | Please note the "Figures and Tables" search option, near the top of the screen, which allows you to look for graphs, tables, and other forms of images.
For more help with using the ProQuest database interface (searching, printing, etc.), see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology Education Journalism and Mass Communications Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Elections and Voting Politics -- Foreign and International Politics -- General Marketing Women's and Gender Studies African-American Studies Poverty Studies Latin American and Caribbean Studies Islamic Studies | |
Africa And The Americas: Culture, Politics, And History (Info)
Connect to: Africa and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History
| Producer: | ABC-Clio | |
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| Description: | Three-volume set (2008) offers hundreds of alphabetically-organized entries on African history, nations, and peoples, plus African-influenced aspects of life in the Americas, including introductory essays on history, culture and religion, demography, international relations, economics and trade, and arts and literature. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | African-American Studies History -- Outside U.S. Latin American and Caribbean Studies | |
Black America : A State-by-State Historical Encyclopedia (Info)
Connect to: Black America : A State-by-State Historical Encyclopedia
| Producer: | ABC-Clio / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | Two-volume set (2011) consists of alphabetically-arranged chapters on all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, each with chronologies and historical overviews. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States African-American Studies | |
Black Americans In Congress, 1870-2007 (Info)
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| Producer: | U.S. House of Representatives | |
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| Description: | Contains profiles of African American senators, congressmen, and delegates, as well as historical essays, collections of historical data, and more. Part of a series of House publications "highlighting the congressional service of women and minority groups." (See also this site on women.)
A more up-to-date directory of African Americans in Congress is published by the Congressional Research Service. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Government -- U.S. Federal Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Congressional Research African-American Studies | |
Cambridge Companion To The African American Slave Narrative (Info)
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| Producer: | Cambridge University Press | |
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| Description: | "This Companion [2007] examines the slave narrative's relation to British and American abolitionism, Anglo-American literary traditions such as autobiography and sentimental literature, and the larger African American literary tradition." You may preview a copy of the table of contents. The library also owns a printed copy.
You can search the contents of this and over 290 other volumes in Cambridge Collections Online. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States African-American Studies | |
Cambridge World History Of Slavery (Info)
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| Producer: | Cambridge University Press / Cambridge Histories Online | |
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| Description: | To be a four-volume set (2011- ), surveying "the entire history of slavery across the world, from antiquity to the present day," with dozens of signed essays by international scholars. You may preview the contents of Volume 1 and Volume 3. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may browse among individual volumes or search for content within this collection.
Browse The opening page displays a list of the volumes, any of which you can click on to browse. The first page of any volume displays the volume's table of contents in the lower right. When you click on a broad "part" or section, you will see a list of chapters within that part. When you click on the chapter you want, you will see an overview of that chapter, with an option to "view full chapter" (above the chapter title), which will open a PDF file. Search The search box on the home page (upper right) provides the ability to search through the entire database. The search boxes on all other pages offer the choice of searching the "all content" or an individual category or volume. You can search the content of any subject category or volume by browsing to that level (as above) and then using the "Search" box (upper right). The "Advanced search" option (under the "Search" box) allows you to perform more complex or focused searches. Note: To search for a multi-word phrase, enclose the words within quotation marks. Example: "spanish america" | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States African-American Studies History -- Outside U.S. | |
Concise Oxford Companion To African American Literature (Info)
Connect to: Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature
| Producer: | Oxford University Press / Oxford Reference Online | |
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| Description: | Abridged and updated edition (2011) of the acclaimed Oxford Companion to African American Literature presents more than 400 biographies of authors, critics, literary characters, and historical figures, and 150 plot summaries of major works. All of this content is available online in the Oxford African American Studies Center. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing among the entries or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing Oxford Reference Online ebooks, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | African-American Studies | |
Dictionary Of American History (Info)
Connect to: Dictionary of American History
| Producer: | Scribner's | |
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| Description: | This is the third edition (2003) of the most comprehensive encyclopedia on American history, comprising ten volumes in printed form. The 4,400 signed articles range in length up to 7,000 words. You can see the table of contents here. The third edition is also available in printed form.
Funding was made possible by a gift in memory of Lewis P. Nelson III, Class of 1961. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or by searching for a particular word.
Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option. Please note that the list is divided into 10 "volumes," beginning with "Aachen-to-Butler." You may open any of the article lists, such as "Antietam-Arkansas," by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Searching You may want to use the Search this eBook option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains two or more particular terms.
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States African-American Studies Poverty Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of African American Education (Info)
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| Producer: | Sage / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Two-volume set, published in 2010, contains nearly 250 signed entries on issues, individuals, organizations, and publications "that have had a significant impact on African American education," at all levels. You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Education African-American Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of African Religion (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of African Religion
| Producer: | Sage / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Co-edited by Molefi Asante, this two-volume set (2009) contains nearly 500 signed entries exploring "such topics as deities and divinities, the nature of humanity, the end of life, the conquest of fear, and the quest for attainment of harmony with nature and other humans." | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material within this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Religion Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology African-American Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of African-American Culture And History (Info)
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| Producer: | Macmillan | |
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| Description: | The second edition (2006) contains over 2,300 signed articles on the "cultural roots and current condition of the African-American community." An appendix volume contains primary source documents and a collection of statistics. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word.
Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option, which is divided into 6 volumes, beginning with "A-B." You may open any of the article listings by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). The sixth volume contains primary source documents and a collection of statistics. Index You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on the eBook Index option, which opens a list of hundreds of references, each of which is clickable. Searching You may want to use the Search this eBook option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains two or more particular terms.
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Sociology African-American Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of Black Studies (Info)
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| Producer: | Sage | |
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| Description: | This one-volume encyclopedia (2005) serves two purposes. It is not only provide entries on the " economic, political, sociological, historical, literary, and philosophical issues related to Americans of African descent," but also acts as a guide to topics associated with the development of "black studies" as a discipline. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word.
Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option. You may open any of the sub-divided article lists by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Index You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on the eBook Index option, which opens a list of hundreds of references, each of which is clickable. Searching You may want to use the Search this eBook option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains two or more particular terms.
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Sociology African-American Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of Hip Hop Literature (Info)
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| Producer: | Greenwood | |
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| Description: | 2008 volume contains about 180 signed, alphabetically-arranged entries covering "the world of Hip Hop literature" and "its social and cultural contexts," including authors, genres, works, musical artists, fashion designers, directors, and other figures. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Literature and Language African-American Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of Race And Ethnic Studies (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Race and Ethnic Studies
| Producer: | Routledge / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | The Encyclopedia of Race and Ethnic Studies is intended to be an authoritative single-volume reference on all aspects of race and ethnic studies. The alphabetically- arranged entries range in length from succinct 400-word definitions to more in-depth 2000-word essays. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing NetLibrary e-books, see this page.
When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology African-American Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of Race And Racism (Info)
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| Producer: | Macmillan / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Second edition (2013) is a four-volume set, with several hundred signed entries, focusing on modern racism (1400's to the present), antiracism movements and events, racialized group identities, racialized nation-states (Third Reich, Jim Crow, apartheid, etc.), and globalization. You may preview a list of articles. The library also has access to the 1st edition.
Acquisition of the 2nd edition was made possible by the McCrum Palmer Fund. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology African-American Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of Race, Ethnicity And Society (Info)
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| Producer: | Sage | |
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| Description: | Three-volume set (2008) offers nearly 600 signed entries on racial and ethnic groups, issues of inequality, historical perspectives, statistics, and more. | |
| Usage Tips: | Browsing There are three options for browsing through available entries:
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology African-American Studies | |
Historical Dictionary Of African American Cinema (Info)
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| Producer: | Scarecrow / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Compilation (published in 2007) of hundreds of brief entries on directors, films, actors and actresses, other film credits, and more. You can view an outline of the table of contents here. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word.
Table of Contents You may browse through the table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option, which is divided into several sections, beginning with "Aaliyah-Avery," which contain alphabetically-arranged articles. You may open any multi-part section by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Searching You may want to use the Quick Search -- find option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains one or more particular terms. Be sure to click on the "within this publication" box. To find entries containing various forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) for missing letters. Example: slave* finds slave, slaves, slavery, etc.
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | African-American Studies | |
Historical Dictionary Of African-American Television (Info)
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| Producer: | Scarecrow / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Edited by Kathleen Fearn-Banks, this 2006 volume contains alphabetically-arranged entries on genres, issues, performers, etc. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Journalism and Mass Communications African-American Studies | |
Historically Black Colleges And Universities : An Encyclopedia (Info)
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| Producer: | Greenwood / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | 2011 volume contains individual essays volume that explore "the origin and history of each Historically Black College and University in the United States." Also contains biographical information, chronological coverage, and more. You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Education African-American Studies | |
Measuring Race And Ethnicity (Info)
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| Producer: | Springer / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | 2011 volume "gathers psychological measures of common phenomena such as racial identity, acculturation, and intra- and intergroup relations enabling researchers to compare concepts across groups and better evaluate differences and disparities." You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You can view the table of contents by clicking on "Contents" within the "TOC" display.
You can open sections of the text by clicking on the arrow preceding that section's label. For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology African-American Studies | |
Oxford African American Studies Center (Info)
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| Producer: | Oxford University Press | |
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| Description: | Contains over 7,500 articles from Oxford University Press publications, some of which are not yet available in printed form, as well as primary source materials, maps, images, and more. In some cases, the entire contents of a publication might be included, such as the brand-new Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619 to 1895 and the forthcoming African American National Biography and Encyclopedia of African American Art and Architecture. For more information, see this page and this one, too. | |
| Usage Tips: | Search Each page offers a simple keyword "Search" box in the upper-right corner.
To search for entries containing two or more words, connect the search words with AND. Example: tulsa AND riot To search for entries containing a multi-word phrase, enclose the search words within quotation marks. Example: "jim crow" To search for variations of a word, use an asterisk (*) as a "wild-card" character. Example: lynch* will find lynch, lynched, lynching, lynchings, etc. Please note that search results are listed in order of relevance. A breakdown of resource types is displayed above each list. Browse The "Browse" option, near the upper-left corner, enables you to view lists of all articles in various categories. Choosing this option allows you to see the "Filter List" (left column), which contains two basic divisions, which you can open by clicking on the little plus-signs (+):
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Sociology African-American Studies | |
Oxford Companion To Black British History (Info)
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| Producer: | Oxford University Press / Oxford Reference Online | |
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| Description: | 2007 volume edited by David Dabydeen contains over 400 entries from 100 contributors on the history of black people in the British Isles to the present day. | |
| Usage Tips: | The initial screen ("Quick Search") is set up for a search of the complete text of the database.
If you want to browse through an alphabetical list of all entries, choose the "Browse this book" option. The results of searches are arranged by relevance, with those articles containing search words in the title or other prominent location. Quick Search To search for various forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) as a wild-card term. Example: slav* will find slave, slaves, slavery, etc. Advanced Search This option, located within the blue bar near the top of the screen, enables you to search through this reference source, plus some or all of the other Oxford Reference Online sources in this same broad subject area ("History"). | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | African-American Studies History -- Outside U.S. | |
Pan-Africa History: Political Figures From Africa And The Diaspora Since 1787 (Info)
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| Producer: | Routledge / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | Pan-African History contains biographical and critical essays on about 40 "thinkers and activists from the Anglophone and Francophone worlds of the past 200 years," including Malcolm X, Patrice Lumumba, and Frantz Fanon. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing NetLibrary e-books, see this page.
When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States African-American Studies History -- Outside U.S. | |
Psychology Of Prejudice And Discrimination: Racism In America (Info)
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| Producer: | Greenwood | |
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| Description: | Part of the four-volume Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination (2004), this volume presents signed essays on the psychology and history of racism, including such topics as racism on college campuses and coping strategies.
Other volumes deal with gender and sexual orientation, disabilities and physique, and ethnicity and multiracial identity. | |
| Usage Tips: | Browsing You can browse the contents of this volume by using the table of contents listing of chapter titles in the left-hand column or the
alphabetically-arranged Index option (lower-left of screen).
Searching The "Quick Search" option, located near the top of the screen, allows you to search through the text of "This Title" (volume). To find entires containing a multi-word phrase, place the words within quotation marks. Example: "civil rights" To search for forms of a word, use and asterisk (*) to substitute for one or more letters. Example: lynch* will find lynch, lynching, lynched, etc. To find entries containing two or more words, connect the words with AND. Example: teenage* AND discriminat* | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Psychology Sociology Politics -- American Politics African-American Studies | |
Race, Racism, And Science (Info)
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| Producer: | ABC-Clio | |
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| Description: | This 2004 work explores the relationship between the scientific study of race and racism, recapping the history of race-centered research from its origins in the late 1700s to Darwin's influential work on natural selection to the present. Includes such topics as social Darwinism, eugenics, craniometry, Ashley Montagu, and Richard Lewontin. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing for a particular alphabetically-listed article or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology African-American Studies | |
Racial And Ethnic Diversity In America (Info)
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| Producer: | ABC-Clio | |
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| Description: | One-volume work (2003) explores population shifts, changing character of diversity in the United States, and addresses the impact of these changes on social institutions in 21st-century America, including social and demographic data, educational, economic, and occupational characteristics, and biographical profiles. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing for a particular alphabetically-listed article or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Sociology African-American Studies | |
Slavery In The United States (Info)
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| Producer: | ABC-Clio | |
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| Description: | Subtitled A Social, Political, and Historical Encyclopedia, this two-volume set (2007) contains ten major essays, 300 alphabetically-arranged articles, primary source documents, and more. You may view a copy of the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing for a particular article or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States African-American Studies | |
Who's Who Among African Americans (Info)
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| Producer: | Gale / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Provides brief biographical and career details on more than 20,000 contemporary African Americans, including leaders from politics, the arts, business, sports, religion, etc.
The above link takes you to the most recent (23nd) edition, published in 2009. We also have online access to these earlier editions: 19th 20th 22nd. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook by searching for a particular name or word in the "Search" box on the left side of the screen.
When searching, the order of first name and last name should not matter. Example: Either muhammad ali or ali muhammad will work. If you are uncertain about the spelling of a first name or last name, enter what you are certain of. Example: ali (Of course, this search may result in a lengthy list of entries through which you must scroll.) For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. Browsing the table of contents will not work with Who's Who Among African-Americans. Gale Virtual Reference Library This encyclopedia is one of several in our Gale ebook collection. You can search through all the sources in that collection by using the "Basic Search" or "Advanced Search" options, near the top of the page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States African-American Studies | |
Women And Slavery In America : A Documentary History (Info)
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| Producer: | University of Arkansas Press / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | 2012 volume contains dozens of primary documents (newspapers, broadsides, cartoons, pamphlets, excerpts from oral histories and memoirs, speeches, photographs, and editorials) organized thematically, covering cultural, political, religious, economic, and social perspectives. You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies African-American Studies | |
| Producer: | Black Press Institute / Howard University | |
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| Description: | News service self-described as "the joint web presence of America’s Black community newspapers and the NNPA [National Newspaper Publishers Association] News Service — the last national Black Press news wire." | |
| Usage Tips: | Includes links to about 20 member newspaper sites, which provide local news coverage. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | African-American Studies | |
Civil Rights Digital Library (Info)
Connect to: Civil Rights Digital Library
| Producer: | University of Georgia | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | Primary sources and other educational materials on the "struggle for racial equality in the 1950's and 1960's" in the U.S. Includes: a video archive of news footage; access to resources from over 75 universities, museums, archives, and other institutions; collections of instructional materials. | |
| Usage Tips: | Searching The "Basic Search" option (upper left) enables you to search through the texts of all items descriptions.
To search for descriptions containing two or more words, connect search terms with AND. Example: highlander AND communist To find descriptions containing a multi-word phrase, enclosed the search terms within quotation marks. Example: "rock hill" Browsing The "Browse" options (left side of page) allow you to look through: broad topic areas; a chronological list of events; alphabetical lists of people, places, and contributing institutions; types of media and teaching materials. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States African-American Studies | |
Race And Ethnic Relations (Info)
Connect to: Race and Ethnic Relations
| Producer: | Leyburn Library | |
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| Description: | Research guide for the W&L course Sociology 228. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | African-American Studies | |
Stone Center Guide To The Web (Info)
Connect to: Stone Center Guide to the Web
| Producer: | University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) | |
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| Description: | An annotated and searchable guide to "scholarly and cultural sites" for African, African-American, and diaspora studies, from the Sonja Haynes Stone Center Library for Black Culture and History at UNC. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | African-American Studies | |
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights (Info)
Connect to: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
| Producer: | U.S. Commission on Civil Rights | |
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| Description: | Federal agency "assesses federal laws and policies of government agencies and studies legal developments to determine the nature and extent of denial of equal protection under the law on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability in many areas, including employment, voting rights, education, administration of justice, and housing." Agency has published many politically and historically important reports since its inception in 1957. | |
| Usage Tips: | The link above takes you to the current Web site of the USCCR, which contains listings of available materials in its Publications section, including some particularly controversial ones. (Some items are not available online.)
An actively-growing online historical archive of USCCR reports is being developed by the Thurgood Marshall Library at the University of Maryland School of Law. Materials are listed by date, title, and subject. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | African-American Studies | |
African American Electorate: A Statistical History (Info)
Connect to: African American Electorate: A Statistical History
| Producer: | CQ Press / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | 2012 volume brings together "all of the extant, fugitive and recently-discovered registration data on African-American voters from Colonial America to the present," as well as tracing the history of the laws dealing with enfranchisement and disenfranchisement of African Americans and provides the election return data for African-American candidates in national and sub-national elections over this same time span. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Elections and Voting African-American Studies | |