To find books, government documents and other materials (not journal articles) owned by Maag Library for Black Studies, search MaagNet, the Library's online public access catalog (OPAC). MaagNet is searchable by subject, keyword, author or title. If you have difficulty locating the correct subject heading, it may help to consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings, a set of large red books located behind the Reference Desk. You may also want to search the OhioLINK Central Catalog for materials owned by other libraries in OhioLINK.

To locate articles from newspapers, journals or magazines, see the sections below dealing with Indexes or Electronic Resources.

General Sources

Ref. E 185 .E54 1996
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History.  This five-volume set includes the people, events and institutions that shape the African-American Experience.

Ref. E 185. I58 1978.
International Library of Afro-American Life and History.  Each volume in this 10-volume set gives an overview of a particular topic in Afro-American history, from the slave trade to the emergence of the Black athlete.

Ref. E 185. N385 1989.
The Negro Almanac : a Reference work on the African American.

Ref. E 185. 5 .S83 1990-.
Statistical Record of Black America.

Ref. E 185. 96 .W52 1975/76-.
Who's Who Among Black Americans.

Ref. E 185. 86 B5418 1995.
Black Women in America Social history, Legacy and their Lives in a Cultural Context.

Ref. E 185 .B574 1994.
Black firsts : 2,000 Years of Extraordinary Achievement. History and Miscellanea of Afro-Americans.

Ref. E 185 .S798 1996.
1001 Things Everyone Should Know About African American History.

Indexes and Bibliographies

Ref. Z 1236 .A48
America, History and Life. A compilation of article abstracts as well as citations to reviews and dissertations. Covers U.S. and Canada from prehistoric times to the present.

Ref. Z 1361 .N39 S373a 1975-.
Bibliographic Guide to Black Studies. A subject guide to the holding of the New York Public Library's Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History.

Ref. Z 1361. N39 E25 1982.
Early Black Bibliographies, 1863-1918. Critical studies on Black life and culture.

Ref. LC 2801 .M27 1985.
Education of the Black Adult in the United States: an annotated bibliography. From 1619 until 1985.

Ref. Z 1361 .N39 S655 1980.
In Black and White: A Guide to Magazine Articles Newspaper Articles and Books Concerning more than 6700 Black Individuals and Groups.

Per. D 299 .H5
Historical Abstracts, Pt. A, Modern History, 1450-1914.

Per D 299 .H51
Historical Abstracts, Pt. B, Twentieth Century, 1914-present. Includes references to periodical articles, books and dissertations for most areas except U.S. and Canada (see below). Interdisciplinary with historical perspective.

Ref. AI 3 .H85 (Current three years on Index Tables).
Humanities Index.  Includes periodical references for such areas as literature, the arts philosophy, history, religion.

Ref. AI 3 .O4 (Current three years on Index Tables).
Index to Black Periodicals. An index to articles dating from 1950.

Ref. AI 3 .S62 (Current three years on Index Tables).
Social Sciences Index. A periodical index to topics dealing with social issues and including such disciplines as Anthropology, Geography, Sociology, and Psychology.

Additionally, indexes to several newspapers are located in the Reference Room (last three years on Index Tables). The Newspapers are found in the Microforms Center.
 

Another index for current articles is the Newsbank. Newsbank articles are from many different newspapers throughout the U.S. Older Newsbank indexes and articles (on microfiche) may be found in the Microforms Center.

Selected Resources In Microform

Micro film X 102.
Pittsburgh Courier.
A weekly Black newspaper published from 1910 to date.

Micro film X 467.
New York Amsterdam News.
A Black community newspaper published from 1919.

Micro fiche 1123--1143
Plantation Records. .
A compilation of writings describing the various aspects of plantation life.

Micro fiche 1008.
Slave narratives, a folk history of slavery in the United States from interviews with former slaves. Typewritten records prepared by the Federal Writers' project, 1936-1938,  assembled by the Library of Congress project, Work Projects Administration...

Micro fiche  X1052.
Slavery Source Materials.
A compilation of books and pamphlets written before the Civil War.

Micro film  X562.
Black Abolitionist Papers 1830-1865.
Collection of writings, speeches and sermons. Over 14,000 documents.

Micro film  X514.
The Martin Luther King Jr. FBI File.
Covers the years 1958-1977.

Literature, Music and the Arts

Ref. PS 153.N5 B556 1992.
Black Literature Criticism: Excerpts from Criticism of the Most Significant Works of Black Authors over the last 200 years.

Ref. Z 1037. R63 1992.
Black Authors and Illustrators of Childrens books.

Ref. PS 153. N5 W313 1973.
Black Poets of the United States, A Study of Afro-American Poetry 1890-1940.

Ref. ML 105 .I39 1982.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Black Music. Biographies of Black musicians.

Ref. ML 3556 .R58 1992.
Black American Music : Past and Present History and Criticisms of Black Music.

Ref. ML 128 .B45 F6 1983.
Black Music in the United States : an Annotated Bibliography of Selected Reference and Research Materials.

Ref. ML 105 .S67 1982.
Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African musicians.

Ref. Z 5956 .A47 S68 1990.
African-American Traditions in Song, Sermon, Tale, and Dances-1920 : an Annotated Bibliography of Literature, Collections, and Artworks.

Ref. Z 5956 .A47 D38 1980.
Black Artists in the United States : an Annotated Bibliography of Books, Articles, and Dissertations on Black artists, 1779-1979.

Ref. Z 5956 .A47 I38 1981.
250 years of Afro-American art: an Annotated Bibliography.

Ref. N 6538 .N5 T46 1991.
The Black Artist in America : an Index to Reproductions.

Electronic Resources

Various indexes or publications are available in electronic format. Check with a Reference Librarian to find the most current databases, search strategy, and means of access.

African-American Poetry Database.  Contains the full text of almost 3,000 poems written between 1760 and 1900.

Arts & Humanities Citation Index.  A multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities.

Newsbank Newsfile Collection  (1991 to current). Selected full-text articles of interest on current issues and events as well as the arts, people and professions.  Articles are selected from over 500 U.S. and Canadian newspapers as well as from newswire services. Sources include the Tribune Chronicle (Warren) and the Youngstown/Warren Business Journal.

PAIS Database.  Covers public and social policy emphasizing factual and statistical information (1972-present; updated monthly).

Periodical Abstracts. Covers general interest articles with some scholarly publications also.

SIRS Researcher. This is a full text database covering ethnic groups, women, human rights and youth.

Social Sciences Citation Index. It is a multidisiplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the social sciences.

Listed here are a few Web sites to explore. For further investigation see the listing of search engines and subject guides at Internet Searching and Resources.

A Deeper Shade of History: Events & Folks in Black History  http://www.ai.mit.edu/~isbell/HFh/black/bhist.html

Studies in the World History of Slavery, Abolition and Emancipation http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~slavery/

Cleveland State University Subject Tree for Black Studies   http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/black-m.html

Black Studies (from the University of California, Santa Barbara) http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subj/black.html

African and African-American Culture, Community (from Galaxy)  http://www.galaxy.com/galaxy/Community/Culture/African.html