** African American Culture & History **
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The following are links to purchased databases (provide citations for you):
EBSCO MegaFILE database. (Be sure to check box “Full Text” under “Limit your results”):
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/search?hid=6&sid=52708931-d9ae-434d-8750-c7ae02092f73%40SRCSM2Ethnic NewsWatch database. (Be sure to check box “Full Text” under “Limit your results”):
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?RQT=306&DBId=14398&cfc=1#sformGale Discovering Collection database (citation at bottom of articles): http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/DC?locID=mnkspps
Gale Group Student Edition database (citation at bottom of articles) :http://infotrac.galegroup.com/k12/infomark/0/1/1/purl=rc6_STO?sw_aep=mnkspps
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The following websites are not purchased databases (you have to figure out the citation yourself):
Websites for Researching Many Topics, Including African American-Related:
Answers.com website:
Caution: this site uses Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia which accepts information from anyone, so search results must be carefully evaluated:
http://www.answers.comGoogle Scholar website (scholarly articles on many topics):
http://scholar.google.com/LII (Librarians' Internet Index) website:
http://lii.org_________________________________________________________
Websites Specific to African American-Related Topics:
Art:
Art & History - Princeton Online's website:
http://www.incredibleart.org/links/artists_black.html_________________________________________________________
Culture & History:
African American Mosaic - Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History & Culture - LC's website:
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.htmlAfrican American Registry:
http://aaregistry.comAfrican Diaspora Archaeology Network - University of Illinois' website:
http://www.diaspora.uiuc.edu/bookmark3.htmlBlack History Quest - blackquest.com's website:
http://blackquest.com/link.htmCulture - Examining African-American Culture Through the Use of Children's Literature - Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute website:
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1997/2/97.02.05.x.htmlCulture - The Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Library - Indiana University's website:
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=75Culture and History - African American Web Connection's website:
http://www.aawc.com/aah.htmlCulture and History - Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture at the College of Charleston:
http://www.cofc.edu/avery/links.htmCulture, History, Legacy and Heritage - africanamericans.com:
http://www.africanamericans.comHistory - The African American Odyssey - From Slavery to The Civil Rights Era - Library of Congress's website:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aointro.htmlHistory - Our Shared History: African American Heritage - National Park Service's website:
http://www.nps.gov/history/aahistoryManuscripts - Library of Congress's Illustrated Guide to African American History and Culture - LC's website:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/guide/african.htmlThe Stono Rebellion - PBS's website:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p284.htmlTimeline of African American History 1852-1880 - Library of Congress' website:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aap/timeline.html_________________________________________________________
Food:
blackrefer.com's website:
http://www.blackrefer.com/food2.htmlDiet of African Americans - Nutrition & Well-being website:
http://www.faqs.org/nutrition/A-Ap/African-Americans-Diet-of.htmlgutsygourmet.com:
http://www.thegutsygourmet.net/soul.html_________________________________________________________
Music:
Religious Music: The African Roots - Kenyon College's website:
http://northbysouth.kenyon.edu/1998/music/religion/religion.htmSpirituals - negrospirituals.com's website:
http://www.negrospirituals.comSyncopation - Influence of Africa - Kenyon College's website:
http://northbysouth.kenyon.edu/1998/music/rhythm/rhythm.htm___________________________________________________________________________
Religion:
African American Religion: A Documentary History Project - AARDOC - Amherst College's website:
http://www.amherst.edu/~aardoc/menu.html_________________________________________________________
Women:
American Women's History: A Research Guide - Middle Tennesse State University's website:
http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-afam.htmlDuke University Libraries' website:
http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/collections/digitized/african-american-womenWomen of the Hall - National Women's Hall of Fame website:
http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewAll
MLA Citation Guideline Sheets:
