Books
Finding Books
The subjects listed below can help get you started with finding materials about the African Diaspora and Black Studies:
African Diaspora
- African Diaspora
- African Diaspora History
- African diaspora in art
- African diaspora in literature
- Africa Economic conditions
- Africa History
- Africa Colonization History
- Decolonization Africa
- Decolonization Africa History
Black/African-American Studies
- Black people History
- African Americans
- African Americans and mass media
- African Americans Biography
- African Americans Civil rights
- African Americans Civil rights United States
- African Americans Colonization
- African Americans Economic Conditions
- African Americans Education
- American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism
Resources
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowFull-text articles from journals, magazines, and reference sources that covering a broad range of academic study.
- Black Studies Center This link opens in a new windowScholarly articles, periodicals, and primary sources related to African Studies and the African Diaspora. Coverage: 1827 - 2003
- LUC Library Catalog Advanced Search This link opens in a new windowA search tool for finding books, journal articles, media, and other materials in the library collection. The advanced search provides filters and scopes to narrow your search results.
- Oxford Bibliographies Online: African American Studies This link opens in a new windowBibliographies focused on African American history and social/political issues, Coverage: 1600s - present.
- Oxford Bibliographies Online: African Studies This link opens in a new windowBibliographies covering African Studies.
- WorldCat Discovery Advanced Search This link opens in a new windowAdjust result list sort to relevance in order to eliminate weighting of locally-held titles.
Online Reference Sources
Start here to discover a topic, define a term, learn about persons or events, or identify recommended sources.
- Encyclopedia of AfricaEdited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Kwame Anthony Appiah; Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Oxford Encyclopedia of African ThoughtOxford University Press, 2010.
- Oxford Research Encyclopedia: African HistoryOxford University Press, 2020.
- Oxford Bibliographies Online: African American Studies This link opens in a new windowBibliographies focused on African American history and social/political issues, Coverage: 1600s - present.
- Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new windowFull-text multidisciplinary encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference titles. Limited to five simultaneous users.