Research/IT Desk
Research/IT Desk
Contact:
Contact the Reference Librarians online
reference@carleton.edu
reference@carleton.edu
507-222-4264
Getting Started (Reference)
Use reference sources to get broad overviews of topics, and pointers to primary and secondary sources.
- Oxford African American Studies Center This link opens in a new window
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A comprehensive collection of scholarship that focuses on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture. Contains scholarly articles, reference works, primary sources, timelines, biographies, images, maps, charts and tables, and film clips, among many other things.
The African American experience: an historiographical and bibliographical guideCall Number: E184.65 .A37 2001 and OnlineAvailability and more information from Catalyst...
Harvard guide to African-American history by Essential reference source for transnational black history.
Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history : the Black experience in the AmericasThis encyclopedia's 2200 articles include biographies of prominent African Americans and essays on historical periods, places, cultural achievements, professions, and sports. An excellent starting point for research, as each essay includes a bibliography.- Black Women in America: A Historical Encyclopedia byCall Number: Ref E185.86 .B542 2005 (3 vols.)This revised second edition includes biographical and topical entries dealing with African African Women. Many entries include extensive bibliographies.
- Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new window
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This is a key starting place for research in several different fields, providing bibliographies on current scholarship on topics from the social sciences and humanities. - Oxford Handbooks This link opens in a new window
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High quality treatments of major topics, written by major scholars in the field and pointing toward key literature.
Film
- Slavery by Another Name (Academic Video Online)Sam Pollard (Director), Sam Pollard (Producer), Twin Cities Public Television (TPT) Studios (Producer), (2012). Slavery by Another Name. Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service. [Streaming Video]. Retrieved from video.alexanderstreet.com/watch/slavery-by-another-name database
Map of the Libe
- Atlas of the Libe (2019)A map of call numbers, study rooms, and printers!
