African American Resources on the Web

Indexes & Abstracts (to find journal, magazine, and newspaper articles)

Black Studies Center (ISU only)
This scholarly web resource includes a number of important African American studies research tools and primary source materials, including the International Index to Black Periodicals (under "Journals" section), which provides access to full-text and print journal and magazine articles; the full-text Chicago Defender historic newspaper (under the "Newspapers" section; and full-text scholarly essays on the Black experience, commissioned by the Schomburg Center.

Ethnic NewsWatch (ISU only)
Unique and versatile database provides full-text articles, editorials, and features from scores of current African American newspapers, news magazines, and some journals. Also includes publications from many other US ethnic and minority groups. Also includes a publishers' directory, circulation figures, advertising rates, and histories of individual publications. Coverage is 1994-present, with some retrospective coverage dating back to 1985.

International Index to Black Periodicals (IIBP) Full Text (ISU only)
Provides bibliographic citations, abstracts, and selected full-text for articles from over 150 African American and African diaspora in the social sciences and humanities. Coverage for most titles dates from 1990 to the present, though retrospective citations are being added for many journals, many dating back to the early 20th century. Currently, full text coverage dates from 1998-present.

Other Resources

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.

Electronic Journals, E-News

African American Newspapers: The 19th Century (ISU Only)
Includes searchable full-text of the following newspapers: Freedom's Journal, The Coloured American, The North Star, The National Era, Provincial Freeman, The Frederick Douglass Paper, and the Christian Recorder.

African American Review (ISU Only)
Full-text and complete back issues to this important literary criticism journal, including articles, reviews, editorials, individual poems, etc. Coverage includes 1967-96 (some under previous titles, Negro American Literature Forum and Black American Literature Forum). From J-Stor; includes powerful search engine. Current print issues of this journal are available in Parks Library.

Black Collegian Online
Vibrant and well-designed online version of this well-known publication that focuses on education and career information for African American students. Includes full-text articles, plus a job bank, résumé services, African American issues, and many helpful features. Includes article archives dating back to February 1997. Highly recommended.

Callaloo (ISU Only)
Online full-text articles of this important literary and arts research journal, with current articles (1995-present) available via Project MUSE and back years (1976-89, and 1990-94) available via J-Stor. Both include search engines.

Journal of Black Studies (ISU Only)
Complete full-text facsimiles of this important core journal in African American and African studies. Coverage is 1970-1996; includes powerful search engine. From J-Stor.

Journal of Blacks in Higher Education (ISU Only)
Complete online full-text, 1993-1997. Includes powerful search engine; from J-Stor.

Journal of Negro Education (ISU Only)
Complete online full-text, 1932-1994 - an incredible span of years available for online full-text coverage of a journal. From J-Stor; includes powerful search engine.

Journal of Negro History (ISU Only)
Complete online full-text, 1916-1996 - another incredible span of years for this important African American research journal. From J-Stor; includes powerful search engine.

Transition (ISU Only)
Complete online full-text from 1961-1994 of this important and unique contribution to radical African American and cultural studies worldwide. From J-Stor; includes powerful search engine.


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