Merritt College Library

African-American Studies

New Reference Books
Encyclopedia of Black America
E 185 .E55 1984

Notable Black American Men
E 185.86 .N68 1999

Notable Black American Women
E 185.96 .N68 1992

The Penguin atlas of African history
G 2446 .S1 M34 1995

Race relations: opposing viewpoints
H 61 .O66 R316 2001

African American writers
PS 153 .N5 A344 2001 v. 1-2

African-American writers: a dictionary
PS 153 .N5 A3444 2000

The Norton anthology of African American literature
PS 508 .N3 N67 1996

African American firsts in science & technology
Q 141 .W43 1999

The Schomburg Center guide to black literature:  from the 18th century to the present
Z 1039 .B56 V36 1996

Periodical Holdings
Black Collegian
Black Enterprise
Black Scholar
Ebony
Essence
Jet
Journal of Negro History

Encarta Africana CD-ROM 

Databases
EBSCO Ethnic Newswatch
This full-text periodical database (newspapers, magazines and journals) selected from the ethnic, minority and native press provides a diversity of opinions and perspectives in collection of articles, editorials, columns, reviews, etc. 

EBSCOMasterFILE Premier
Provides full text for nearly 1,860 general reference, business, consumer health,general science, and multi-cultural periodicals. 

Expanded Academic Index ASAP
(1997 - Jan 2001) with access to backfile (1980 - 1996) Expanded Academic is a database for research in all the academic disciplines. 

Weblinks

Africana.com  
Black educational portal incorporating a unique online learning center. This is an excellent site!

A Deeper Shade of History
A part of “Deeper Shade of Black” site, this provides a searchable database of information about black history and a This Week in Black History feature.

African American Mosaic
This Library of Congress research resource accompanies its African American collections.  Good source of documented experience of the African American experience from Colonial times to the present.

Afro-America: The African American Newspapers Homepage
A comprehensive site offering a link to its own African American History Museum, a kids page, news, classifieds, web resources, an art gallery and a community discussion board.

Harlem Renaissance
A primer on the genesis of literature and fine arts in Harlem 1920-1930. Includes a historical overview and biographies of leading figures in the movement.