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Introduction
Welcome! This is a very brief guide to resources available at the URI Libraries and online for research in Africana Studies. We have many more resources in the Reference section and online.
To locate books related to Africana Studies, conduct a subject search in the URI Libraries Search for terms such as African Americans, African Americans Social Conditions, African Americans History, African Diaspora, and so on. Similar searches in Reference Databases such as Academic Search Complete, American History and Life, and Historical Abstracts will locate articles.
For additional resources, consider consulting the links to other guides below.
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African American Chronology by Call Number: URI REF E185 K48 2006ISBN: 0313337977Publication Date: 2006-07-01Provides a chronological list of important events from the 15th to the 21st century in the Arts, Sports, Religion, Medicine, Education, Literature, and more. Includes a glossary, bibliography, and index.
Africana by Call Number: URI REF DT14 A37435 2005ISBN: 0195170555Publication Date: 2005This five-volume encyclopedia contains detailed entries on a broad range of topics related to the African and African American experience: historical, political, cultural, and more. Many articles contain illustrations and bibliographies.
Chronology of African American History: From 1492 to the Present by Call Number: URI Ref E185 .H64 1997ISBN: 0810385732"Selective compilation of those events in black American history that have had significant effects, impacts, and influences -- politically, economically, socially, and culturally."
Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora by Call Number: DT16.5 E53 2008ISBN: 9781851097005Publication Date: 2008Provides broad coverage in a 3-volume set of African history and culture over centuries of history. Featuring more than 500 entries, maps and colorful images on a wide range of topics.
Who We Are: Blacks by Call Number: URI REF E185.615 .W46 2011ISBN: 9781935775331Publication Date: 2011Contains statistics on topics ranging from attitudes and health to living arrangements and spending. Part of a series that also covers Hispanic and Asian populations in the United States.
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