Where to Start - African American Studies Research
This guide provides you with a list of databases, journals, and more to support your African American studies research.
Article Databases
Featured Resource
Crime and punishment in the Jim Crow South by Amy Wood
For more focused research, use one of the recommended databases listed below.
- African American Archives
- African American Music Reference
- America: History and Life
- American West
- Gale OneFile: Diversity Studies
- Handbook of Texas
- History Cooperative
- JSTOR
- NewsBank
- Nexis Uni
- Periodicals Archive Online
- Race Relations in America
- Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law
- U.S. History Collection
- U.S. History in Context
MORE: A to Z Database List, Guide to Databases
Selected Internet Resources
Books and Periodicals
Find Books on the Shelf with LC Call Numbers
- [E184.5 - 185.98] — History. Afro-Americans
- [E441 - 453] — Slavery in the United States. Antislavery movements
- [HT1501 - 1595] — Races
- Tarleton State University Libraries Catalog
- BrowZine: African American/Africana Studies
- Publication Finder: History and Ethnic & Cultural Studies
- WorldCat
- Dissertations and Theses - Full Text
Research and Writing Assistance
- Chicago Manual of Style Online
- Citing Sources
- Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
- Research Help
- Tarleton Writing Center
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Joshua Wallace
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