African American Studies
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Library materials on all aspects of Black life and culture are collected. Most materials are held in the Main Collection of the University Library. There are relevant works on African American life and culture housed throughout various University Library units (e.g., African-American art in the Art Library; health care and folk medicine at the Galter Health Science Library; African American music in the Music Library; rare and ephemeral materials in Special Collections; videocassettes in the Mitchell Multimedia Center; etc.). Humanities and social science disciplines (i.e., anthropology, art and archaeology, drama, comparative literature, American literature, economics, education, geography, government, history, language, law, linguistics, mass media, music, philosophy, political science, religion, sociology, women’s studies; etc.) are emphasized. For more detail, see the African American Studies Collection Development Policy Statement |
Links to African American Resources in the University Library:
- Electronic Resources database for the Northwestern Community
- African American Studies E-journals in the Electronic Resources database
- Electronic Handouts of African American Studies Reference Sources by subject (Acrobat pdf documents)
- Recent additions to the University Library: In the "Subject" box, select: "African American history" or "African Americans (social group)" or "Racial, ethnic and national groups" or "Slavery and Emancipation"
- Guide to African-American Documentary Video Collection in the Multimedia Center
- Melville J. Herskovitz Library of African Studies
Selected Campus Web Sites for African American Studies:
- Department of African American Studies (AFAM)
- Center for African American History (CAAH)
- Institute for Policy Research (IPR), IPR Working Papers
- Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Northwestern University
- Program of African Studies (PAS) and its Institute for Diasporic Studies
- "The Wall of Respect" by The Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
Selected Gateways to African American Studies Materials:
- African American Web Connection
- BlackWebPortal.com
- NetNoir.com
- Soul Search: The Search Engine for the World's People of Color
- Universal Black Pages
Links to Selected Library Websites for African American Studies:
- African American History and Culture, Library of Congress
- African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution
- African American Internet Resources, Emory University (Atlanta)
- African American Collections at University of California at Berkeley
- Amistad Research Center, Tulane University (New Orleans)
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Black Cultural Center Library, Purdue University
- Guide to Black Studies at the Ohio State University Libraries
- Moorland Spingarn Research Center, Howard University (Washington, D. C.)
- Resources in Black Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library
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Kathleen E. Bethel
African American Studies Librarian
Northwestern University Library
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
:847.491.2173; fax: 847.491.5678
kbethel@northwestern.edu
