Reference materials are a good way to begin your research:
Our library has access to a wide variety of online specialized encyclopedias and other reference sources to offer a broad overview of your topic. These types of sources are a good foundation to understand the scope and issues involved in your topic.
Enter your key words (s) or phrase(s) in the search box OR browse database's List of Entries or Subject Index to find topic information.
Reference Databases:
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavior Sciences
Online Encyclopedia Titles:
This listing is but a small portion of our collection with a broad subject treatment. To find additional encyclopedias or other reference materials, use OneSearch--select to search Books and type your keywords/phrases in the search box.
The African American Almanac (2011)
African American Religious Cultures (2009)
The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature (2001)
Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History: The Black Experience in the Americas, 2nd edition (2006)
Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora Origins, Experiences, and Culture (2008)
Encyclopedia of African American Education (2010)
Encyclopedia of African American History: 1896 to the Present (2009)
Encyclopedia of African American Music (2011)
Encyclopedia of African American Society (2005)
Encyclopedia of African American Writing, 3rd edition (2018)
Encyclopedia of Black Studies (2005)
Encyclopedia of Race and Racism (2009)
Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, Society (2008)
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America (2014)
Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema, 2nd edition (2015)
Immigrants in American History: Arrival, Adaptation and Integration (2013)
World of a Slave: Encyclopedia of the Material Culture of Slaves in the United States (2010)
The African American Encyclopedia 2nd edition (2001)
Reference E 185 .A253 2001 v.1-10
Africana: the Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience (1999)
Reference DT 14 .A37435 1999
American Immigrant Cultures: Builders of a Nation (1997)
Reference E 184 .A1 A63448 1997 v.1-2
Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics (2000)
Reference E 184 .A1 E574 2000 v.1-2
Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology (2006)
GN502 .E63 2006
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America (2000)
Reference E 184 .A1 G14 2000
Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups (1980)
Reference E 184 .A1 H35 1980
Immigrants in American History: Arrival, Adaptation and Integration (2013)
Reference Desk JV6450 .I5536 2013 v. 1-4
Reference Library of Black America (2003)
Reference E 185 .R455 2003 v. 1-5