Ethnic Interest
Recommended Web Sites | African Americans | Hispanics | Native Americans
Books:
Suggested Subjects Headings | Recommended Reference Books
Databases
- Handbook of Texas
- Heritage Quest Online
- Academic Search Complete
- InfoTrac Newspapers
- African American Experience
- American Indian Experience
- Latino American Experience
- African American Studies Center
- Heritage Quest Online
- American History Online (Tutorial)
Check the Periodicals Guide to insure that the Library subscribes to the print journal you need. Request journals at the Circulation Counter.
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Recommended Web Sites
- Voice of the Shuttle: Minority Studies Page
- African-American Mosaic (Library of Congress)
- Black Past
- Reference materials relevant to six centuries of African American history. Includes an online biographical encyclopedia, primary documents and major speeches.
- Black Culture and History: Guide to the Web
- Black Facts Online
- Black History: Exploring African-American Issues on the Web
- NAACP Online
- National Urban League
- Race & Ethnicity Online
History
- African-American Registry
- Profiles famous African-Americans, displays historical events by date, poety and song lyrics...
- African American History
- African American World: History & Culture (PBS)
- Archives of African American Music and Culture Mission
- The Church in the Southern Black Community, 1780-1925
- Freedmen's Bureau
- Links to information on geneology, government records, marriage records, murders, labor, and individual state information.
- History Makers
- Biographical information about individuals that excelled in the arts, education, entertainment, medicine, music, politics, religion, science, sports, and more! Includes oral histories.
- Voices from the Days of Slavery
Magazines & Newspapers
- AfroRoots
- Black Collegian Online
- Black Enterprise
- Black Voices
- Essence
- QBR: Quarterly Black Review of Books
The Library subscribes to the following publications. The most recent issue is on display and back issues are available at the Circulation Counter. Bound issues are shelved in the upper level of the Library. Check the Periodicals Guide for information on the previous years shelved or bound.
| Jet Essence Ebony Black Enterprise |
African American Review Diversity |
Native American Links
Suggested Subject Headings
Do a SUBJECT or KEYWORD search in the Online catalog for your topic. After doing your search, you can limit the results to books at El Centro by selecting the Limit Your Search button.
| Afro-American women Afro-Americans Multiculturism |
Afro-American actors Afro-American Art Afro-American Musicians |
Recommended Reference Books
in-library use only
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
REF E 184 A1 G14
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture & History
REF E 185 I85 E54
African-American Encyclopedia
REF E 185 A253
Historical & Cultural Atlas of African-Americans
REF E 185 A8
Black Texas Women
REF E 185.93 T4 W55
Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights
REF E 185.61 E54
The best guide to resources is a librarian who can help you in using the catalog, databases and the Web. A librarian can also assist you in selecting materials appropriate for your needs. Please ask at any service desk for information or assistance!
The El Centro College Library does not guarantee the currency or accuracy of these websites. Links to these sites do not represent an endorsement of the site or of information contained within the site.
Reference/Information Desk: 214-860-2174 Circulation:
214-860-2175
West Campus: Reference/Information Desk: 972-391-1433 Circulation: 972-391-1427
BJP: (Room 2300) 214-860-5780
Comments or suggestions are welcome.
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Last Updated:
June 11, 2010