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International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences
The major scholarly encyclopedia covering the social sciences broadly. (26 v., 2001, Elsevier available via ScienceDirect)
20th Century African-American Poetry
Full-text collection of poetry written by the most important and influential African-American poets of the twentieth century. (ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey)
Accessible Archives
Full text of selected primary historical resources from the 18th and 19th centuries, for example Godey`s Lady`s Book from 1830-1885, The Pennsylvania Gazette from 1728-1800, and several 19th century African American newspapers. (Accessible Archives)
Affirmative Action: A Reference Handbook
(1999, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Africa and the Middle East: A Continental Overview of Environmental Issues
(2003, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
African American Education: A Reference Handbook
(2001, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
African American Frontiers: Slave Narratives and Oral Histories
(2000, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
African Americans and Political Participation: A Reference Handbook
(2003, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
African Americans at War: An Encyclopedia
(2004, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
African-American Poetry 1760-1900
Full text of poems by African-American poets in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. (ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey)
African-American Writers: A Dictionary
(2000, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Black Drama 1850 to the Present
Contains approximately 1200 plays by 201 playwrights, together with related information on productions, theaters, and production companies. (Alexander Street Press)
Black Short Fiction and Folklore
A full-text collection of short stories, fables, and folklore from African, African-American, and Caribbean authors. (Alexander Street Press)
Black Thought and Culture: African-Americans to 1975
Contains the non-fiction published works (monographs, essays, articles, speeches, and interviews) of leading African Americans from colonial times to the present. (Alexander Street Press)
Chronology of World Slavery
(1999, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature
Abridged version of Oxford Companion to African American Literature with biographies of authors, critics, literary characters, historical figures, and plot summaries of major works. (2002, Oxford Reference Online)
Country Studies
Book-length documents containing a great deal of valuable information about many, but not all, countries of the world. The studies were published between 1988 and 1998. Some information is not up to date. (Library of Congress)
Dictionary of African Mythology
Collection of synopses of tales from African mythology, covering the entire continent. (2000, Oxford Reference Online)
Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery
(1997, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
(2003, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Nigeria's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook
(2003, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Racial Justice in America: A Reference Handbook
(2003, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Racial Violence on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents
(2001, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
Racial and Ethnic Diversity in America: A Reference Handbook
(2003, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center)
World Factbook
Brief, factual information about countries of the world. (2007, U. S. Central Intelligence Agency)
World Maps
Small physical and political maps for each country, state maps for North America, Canada, and Mexico, and more than 100 city maps. (2004, Oxford Reference Online)
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