University of Connecticut | |
Compiled
by Beverley Manning
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H.B. Trecker
Library
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Beverley.Manning@uconn.edu
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January 2002
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A RESEARCH GUIDE TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY
| UConn Libraries Homepage: | |
| Resources Guides - Greater Hartford: | /campuses/hartford/hbtweb/subject.htm |
HOMER is the University of
Connecticut Libraries online system. Through Homer, it is possible to search
not only the holdings of the UConn Libraries, but also the catalogs of other
libraries. In addition, there are links to journal citation databases (Biography
Index, Humanities Index and Social Sciences Index)
and other research sources.
Biography, historical events, and other subjects can be located through the author, title, subject and keyword searches. e.g. Frederick Douglass, Afro-Americans History To 1865, Slavery, Underground Railroad.
Document Delivery/ILL is located on the Library Home Page under Services. Electronic requests can be made for journal photocopies and books not owned by Trecker Library.
LIBRARY DATABASES
America: History and Life/Historical Abstracts
The primary periodical index to
over 2200 journals in American History.
Located in Databases on the
Home Page
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
References to biographical dictionaries,
subject encyclopedias and indexes.
Located under Databases and
Electronic Reference Shelf from the Library Homepage
eJournals - Locate Electronic Journals
Gives the location and extent of
coverage of full text journals
Located and on the Library's Home
Page
InfoTrac
A general periodical index with
full text articles
Located in Shortcuts from
the Library Homepage
JSTOR
Provides full text articles in back
files of journals
Located on the Library Homepage under
Full-Text Resources Overview
Request
The Union Catalog for Connecticut.
Through it you can locate books and journals in other local libraries.
Located in Shortcuts on the
Home Page
INTERNET RESOURCES
Web Search Engines are found under
web search at the top of the Library Homepage on the Library Logo.
In addition, this search engine is
useful: http://www.37.com
These online Guides are good starting
points:
| African-American History and Studies | http://www.tntech.edu/www/acad/hist/black.html | |
| African-American Mosaic : a Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture | http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html | |
| African American Resources | http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/afroam.htm | |
| African-American Studies (Rutgers) | http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rulib/socsci/afram/afram.htm | |
| American Studies Web (Georgetown) | http://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/asw/ | |
| Excerpts from Slave Narratives | http://vi.uh.edu/pages/mintz/primary.htm | |
| Internet Resources for African-American History and African-American Studies (U.Mass.) | http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/afam-res.html | |
| Library of Congress. American Memory : Historical Collection for the National Digital Library | http://rs6.loc.gov/amhome.html | |
| Universal Black Pages | http://www.ubp.com/History/ | |
| WPA Life Histories (Library of Virginia) | http://eagle.vsla.edu/wpa/ | |
| WWW-VL:History:US:African-American History | http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/USA/african-american.html | |
| WWW-VL History:US:Slavery | http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/USA/slavery.html | |
| Yale University | http://www.library.yale.edu/Internet/history.html |
REFERENCE RESOURCES
| AHA Guide to Historical Literature | Ref. D20.A55 1995 v.2 | |
| American National Biography (24 vols.) | Ref. CT213 .A68 1999 | |
| Atlas of African-American History and Politics: From the Slave Trade to Modern Times | Ref. E185.S574 1998 | |
| Biographical History of Blacks in America Since 1528 | Ref. E185.96.T66 | |
| Biography Index(1946+) | Ref. CT103.B5 | |
| Located electronically in HOMER and Databases by subject | ||
| Black Slavery in the Americas (2 vols.) | Ref. HT1049.S63 1982 | |
| Black Women in America : An Historical Encyclopedia ( 2 vols.) | Ref. E185.86. B542 1993 | |
| Blacks in America : Bibliographical Essays | Ref. E185.96.B56 | |
| Blacks in America, 1492-1977: a Chronology and Factbook | Ref. E185.S57 1977 | |
| Celebrate Connecticut: 350 years, 1635-1985 | Ref. F94.C6 1985 | |
| Chronology of World Slavery | Ref. HT861.R63 1999 | |
| Dictionary of Afro-American Slavery | Ref. E441.D53 1997 | |
| Dictionary of American Biography (20 vols.) | Ref. E176 .D56 | |
| Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History (5 vols.) | Ref. E185.E54 1996 | |
| Encyclopedia of African American Heritage | Ref. E185.A455 2001 | |
| Encyclopedia of Black America | Ref. E185.E55 1984 | |
| Harvard Guide to African-American History | Ref. E185.H326 2001 | |
| Literature of Connecticut History | Ref. F93.2.C643 | |
| Macmillan Encyclopedia of World Slavery (2 vols.) | Ref. HT861.M24 1998 | |
| New York Public Library African American Desk Reference | Ref. E185.N49 1999 | |
| Notable American Women: 1607-1970 (3 vols.) | Ref. CT3260 .N57 | |
| Notable Black American Men | Ref. E185.86.N68 1998 | |
| Routledge Atlas of African American History | Ref. E185.E125 2000 | |
| Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives | Ref. CT213.S37 1998 | |
| Statistical History of the United States: From Colonial Times to the Present | Ref. HA202.B87 1976 | |
| Who Was Who in America | Ref. E176 .W64 |
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