History 375

Emancipation and Reconstruction

Selected Reference Sources

• Encyclopedia of African American Society 2005
• Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience. 1999
  DT 14 A37435 1999 Ref
• Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History. 5 vols. 1996
  E 185 E54 1996 Ref
  

Library Catalog

To see secondary works and some primary source materials that the library may have of interest, search in the Five College Library Catalog. You can search by keywords like "Martin Delany" or "freedpeople"; or, to get a more focused set of results, try using official LC subject headings. (You can identify official subject headings by first conducting a keyword search and then examining the full record of works that appear relevant.)

Index Databases

For finding secondary literature:

• America: History and Life
  Index of journals covering American history (1964-present)
• Bibliographic Guide to Black Studies
  Annual subject bibliographies, very comprehensive, lists publications cataloged by the New York Public Library for the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, international in scope.
  Z 1361.5 A4 S3 Ref
• Index to Black Periodicals
  Annual index to articles carried in scholarly and general African American periodicals.
  Z 1361.5 A2 I48 Ref
• Social Sciences Citation Index
  A citation index to journals in the social sciences; useful when trying to locate articles that cite a key publication.

For finding primary literature:

• Historical Newspapers
  Full-text collection of major newspapers dating back to the nineteenth century. Newspapers include: The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and The Los Angeles Times.
• Periodical Contents Index
  A table of contents database including English and foreign language journals published from 1700 - 1991.
• Poole'sPlus/Nineteenth Century Masterfile
  A collection of periodical indexes created in the nineteenth century. Includes: Index to the New York Times (1863-1905); Index to Harper's Magazine (1880-1905); Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (1802-1906); Stead's Index to Periodical Literature (the "British Poole's") (1890-1902); Index to the New York Daily Tribune 1875-1906; Descriptive catalog of the government publications of the U. S. (1774-1881).
• U.S. Congressional Serial Set
  The Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. A rich source of primary source material on all aspects of American history. Full text.
• African American Periodicals: Primary Sources for Historical Research
  Comprehensive list of periodicals held at Mt. Holyoke, good for historical research. Please see handout.
  
  

Libraries and Archives

• African and African American Resources at the Smithsonian
• The African-American Mosaic
  Library of Congress resource for the study of African American history and culture.
• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
• National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)
  A catalog of international archival and special collections cataloged since 1986

Special Internet Resources  (free web projects)

• African and African American Collections
  UC Berkley's mega-list of Internet links to library collections, associations, and publications.
• The African Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania
  Includes an annotated list of links to Africa Web Resources, Black/African Web Resources, media resources, information about student research opportunities and activism.
• African American Studies at Howard University
  Extensive Internet guide organized by subjects ranging from affirmative action to science and technology.
• Internet Resources for Students of Afro-American History
  Rutgers University Internet links to African American resources, with an emphasis on electronic texts.
• Voice of the Shuttle African American Studies Page
  Minority Studies Page from UC Santa Barbara that lists Internet links to cultural, historical and research resources