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The UNO Library has reference material, books, and periodical literature related to African-American history. This guide lists reference material specifically related to African-Americans, as well as guidance on searching the online catalog for books in the UNO Library on African-American history.

REFERENCE BOOKS - The following is a partial list of reference books related to African-Americans. There are many other reference books besides those listed. Please browse the reference shelves for other titles, or consult the catalog.

General History and Biography

REF DT 3.C35 1987 Cambridge Encyclopedia of Africa
REF E 185.A253 1993 African American Encyclopedia (6 volumes)
REF E 185.H64 1991 Chronology of African-American History: Significant Events and People from 1619 to the Present
REF E 185.N386 1989 The Negro Almanac: A Reference Work on the African American 5th edition
REF E 185.5.S85 Statistical Record of Black America (1990 edition)
REF E 185.53.AlC36 1991 Historic Landmarks of Black America
REF E 185.86.B542 1993 Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia (2 volumes)
REF E 185.86.B543 1990 Black Women in United States History (8 volumes)
REF E 185.96.W52 Who's Who Among Black Americans (7 Volumes, 1977/78 to 1994/95)

Literature

REF PN 771.D54 Dictionary of Literary Biography

Volume 33 Afro-American Fiction Writers After 1955
Volume 38 Afro-American Writers After 1955: Dramatists and Prose
Writers
Volume 41 Afro-American Poets Since 1955
Volume 50 Afro-American Writers Before the Harlem Renaissance
Volume 51 Afro-American Writers from the Harlem Renaissance
Volume 76 Afro-American Writers, 1940-1955
Volume 117 Twentieth-Century Caribbean and Black African Writers

REF PN 771.DS4 Dictionary of Literary Biography - Documentary Series

The Black Aesthetic Movement

REF PS 153.N5B556 1992 Black Literature Criticism: Excerpts from Criticism of the Most Significant Works of Black Authors Over the Past 200 Years (3 volumes)
REF PS 153.N5M2645 1994 Masterplots II - African American Literature Series (3 volumes)

Science

REF Q 127.A4B6 1983 Blacks in Science: Ancient and Modern
REF Q 141.B58 1990 Blacks in Science and Medicine

General Sources

There are many general reference sources in which the contributions of African Americans are covered - such as general and specialized encyclopedias. Some of those are:

REF AE 5.E333 1993 Encyclopedia Americana (30 volumes)
REF CT 100.C8 Current Biography Yearbook (1940 to the present)
REF CT 103.M27 McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Biography (12 volumes)
REF CT 120.C662 Newsmakers (1985 to the present)
REF ML 101.U6N48 1986 The New Grove Dictionary of American Music (4 volumes)
REF ML 102.J3N48 The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2 volumes)

Searching for Books on African American History in the
Computerized Catalog

First select the UNO Library from the list of Louisiana university libraries in the computerized catalog. Books may be searched by author, title, subject, and keyword. Examples of each are shown below:
AUTHOR A=KING, MARTIN LUTHER

TITLE T=COLOR PURPLE

SUBJECT S=AFRO AMERICANS

KEYWORD K=BLACKS AND MOTION PICTURES

If you have questions about searching the computerized catalog or finding the material in the UNO Library, please ask at the Information Desk or at the Reference Desk. Or, if you want to know more about the additional sources on African American history at the University of New Orleans Earl K. Long Library, please ask at the Reference Desk.

Nineteenth Century Ethinic Groups

In the Archives and Manuscripts Department of the Earl K. Long Library of the University of New Orleans, one can find a rich concentration of archival and manuscript holdings on nineteenth century ethnic groups.