History 150 : Topics in Afro-American History
               Selected Resources in the Leyburn Library

I. Annie

Annie is Washington and Lee's computer library catalog.  You may look
up books by author name, title, subject heading, keyword and other
access points.  You may also look up a periodical title on Annie to see if
the library has it, where back issues are located, and what years of it we
own.


II. Sources for Overview Articles

- The African-American Almanac (1994). 6th edition.  REF E 185 A 2525
      1994

- The African American Encyclopedia (1993). 6 volumes.  REF E 185 A
      253 1993.  Volume 6 has a general bibliography.

- The Biographical Dictionary of Black Americans (1992).  REF E 185.96
      K 73 1992

- The Black American Reference Book (1976).  REF E 185 D 2.5 1976

- Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia (1993). 2 volumes. 
      REF E 185.86 B 542 1993

- Dictionary of Afro-American Slavery (1988).  REF E 441 D 53 1988

- Dictionary of American Negro Biography (1982).  REF E 185.96 D 53
      1982

- Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights: From Emancipation to the
      Present (1992).  REF E 185.61 E 54 1992


- Encyclopedia of American Political History (1984). 3 volumes.
      REF E 183 E 5 1984

- Encyclopedia of American Social History (1993). 3 volumes.
      REF HN 57 E 58 1993

- Encyclopedia of Black America (1981).  REF E 185 E 55

- Notable Black American Women (1992).  REF E 185.96 N 68 1992

- Research Guide to American Historical Biography. (1988).  4 volumes.
      REF CT 214 R 47 1988


III. Indexes to Periodicals and Newspapers

- America: History and Life.  CD-ROM NEAR REFERENCE INDEX SECTION
      The most complete index to American history periodicals.  Includes
book reviews.  CD-ROM coverage goes back to 1982.  Printed version in
Reference Index section extends retrospective coverage beyond 1982.

- Biography Index.  ON FIRSTSEARCH THROUGH LIBERTY
      Includes books as well as articles.  Online coverage goes back to
1984.  Printed version in Reference Index section extends retrospective
coverage beyond 1984.

- Humanities Index.  ON FIRSTSEARCH THROUGH LIBERTY
      A good index for coverage of most important periodicals in history. 
Includes a book review section.  Online coverage goes back to 1984. 
Printed version in Reference Index section extends retrospective coverage
beyond 1984.

- New York Times Index.  REFERENCE INDEX SECTION
      Coverage since 1851.  The Leyburn Library has the New York Times
on microfilm.

- Newspaper Abstracts.  CD-ROM NEAR REFERENCE INDEX SECTION
      Coverage of several major newspapers from 1985-present.  The
Leyburn Library has some of these newspapers on microfilm.  Good for
research on recent historical developments.

- Periodical Abstracts Online (PAO).  ACCESSIBLE FROM THE ANNIE
MAIN MENU
      For coverage since 1986 of general interest periodicals and more
recent events of Afro-American history.  A good place to look first for
finding articles.

- Social Sciences Index.  ON FIRSTSEARCH THROUGH LIBERTY
      A good supplement to the Humanities Index in history research.
Valuable when topics involve politics and economics.  Includes a book
review section.  Online coverage goes back to 1983.  Printed version in
Reference Index section extends retrospective coverage beyond 1983.

- Writings on American History.  REF Z 1236 L 331
      Good for retrospective coverage of articles and books in history.  The
later volumes cover only articles.  Coverage ended in 1990.



IV. Bibliographies

- The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for
      the Study of Black History and Culture (1993).  LC 1.6/4:AF8 (This
      is a government document found on LL2.)

- Afro-American Reference: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected
      Resources (1985). REF E 185 D 3 1985
      This is a list of reference resources.

- Books About Early America: 2001 Titles (1989).  REF E 188 B 71 1989
      See pp. 64-67 on "Blacks and Slavery."

- A Comprehensive Bibliography for the Study of American Minorities
      (1976).  2 volumes.  REF E 184 A 1 M 5.
      See volume 1, pp. 3-262.

- Harvard Guide to American History (1974). 2 volumes.  REF E 178 F
      852
      Dated but still has value.
      See Especially Volume 1, pp. 470-482.

- In Black and White: A Guide to Magazine Articles, Newspaper Articles
      and Books (1980). 2 volumes.  3rd ed.
      REF E 185.96 S 67

- Index to Afro-American Reference Resources (1988).  REF E 185 S 77
      1988

- The Kaiser Index to Black Resources, 1948-1986 (1992).  5 volumes. 
      REF E 185 K 34 1992

- The Negro in America: A Bibliography (1970).  REF E 185 M 56

- The Negro in the United States: A Selected Bibliography (1970).
      REF E 185 P 64


Vaughan Stanley