Black Studies

Paula LaJean Roper  
roperp@missouri.edu
573/882-3326
168 Ellis Library
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65201

                                                                                                                               August 8, 2007

Finding Books

MERLIN Catalog & MOBIUS Catalog         

                  Keyword Searching, e.g.

                          africa
                          african american
                          african americans
                          africans
                          afro american
                          afro americans
                          blacks africa
                          ethiopia
                          kush
                          nubia
                          axum
                          civil rights

           Subject Searching, e.g.

                   black(s)
                   african american(s)
                   nigeria(n)
                   colored

                    

            

Selected Books   

Encyclopedias

The Greenwood encyclopedia of African American folklore      MU ELLIS REFERENCE  GR111.A47 G74 2006

Encyclopedia of African American history 1619-1895 : from the colonial period to the age of Frederick Douglass     MU ELLIS REFERENCE  E185 .E545 2006 

Handbooks & Manuals

African American education : a reference handbook   MU ELLIS LC2741 .J33 2001 
The African American wedding manual MU ELLIS HQ745 .W55 1994    
The handbook of African American literature  MU ELLIS PS153.N5 E78 2004  

Finding Articles

Databases

These databases can be found through the link above:

                               Academic Search Premier
                               America History and Life
                               CQ Researcher
                               Early American Imprints Series I Evans (1639-1800)                      
                               Google Scholar
                               Human Relations Area File
                               JSTOR                           
                               Lexis Nexis Academic
                               LION: Literature Online
                               PAIS
                               Project Muse
                               Sociological Abstracts  
                               United Nations Common Database (UNCDB)              
                               Worldwide Political Science Abstracts


                               Keyword Searches using terminology that defines your subject should enable you to find citations for suitable articles.

Finding Periodicals

MERLIN

Check to see library holdings for periodicals by doing a Journal, Newspaper, Magazine Title Search. .

Find it @ MU

Check for electronic availability of periodicals.

Selected Periodicals

Africa renewal
African journal of criminology and justice studies [electronic resource]
Berkeley journal of African-American law & policy
Black issues in higher education [electronic resource]
The black scholar [electronic resource]
Black theology [electronic resource].
Crisis [electronic resource]
Ebony [electronic resource].
Journal of black studies [electronic resource]
The journal of Negro history [electronic resource]
Muslim journal
Negro history bulletin [electronic resource]
Phylon [electronic resource].
The State of Black America
The Western journal of black studies [electronic resource].

Film

Black Film Research Online