http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rqs.phtml?subject_id=32 Contact Librarian: Maura Seale en-us Georgetown University Library, 2009 Web of Science is part of the ISI Web of Knowledge, a multidisciplinary bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts journals in the arts, humanities, sciences and social sciences. It cumulates three databases: Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index. In addition to traditional author, title and keyword searches, the citation databases offer access to articles' cited references (the footnotes from authors' bibliographies). You may take a known, relevant paper and find other, more recent papers that cite it. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=65&infotype_id=21&masterinfotype_id=3 Primary index to research in American and Canadian history, including social and cultural history. Includes abstracts (summaries) of journal articles. Limit by language, time period, and document type (articles, collections of articles, books, and dissertations). http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=120&infotype_id=29&masterinfotype_id=3 Indexes the major scholarly English-language journals in the humanities (including history and literature). Under Open Database Selection Area, select Humanities Full Text. For prior years, use Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=119&infotype_id=29&masterinfotype_id=3 Includes current and retrospective bibliographic citations and abstracts from over 150 African-American-oriented and -produced scholarly and popular journals, newspapers, and newsletters from the United States, Africa, and the Caribbean. Full-text coverage of 25 core black studies periodicals (1998 forward). Coverage is international in scope and multidisciplinary, spanning cultural, economic, historical, religious, social, and political issues. An essential tool for identifying articles published in African-American periodicals http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=192&infotype_id=29&masterinfotype_id=3 Indexes the major scholarly journals in the social sciences, including public policy, since 1983. For prior years, use Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=27&infotype_id=29&masterinfotype_id=3 Provides full text for 4,486 publications (3,718 peer-reviewed) covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. A total of 8,224 titles are abstracted and indexed, of which 7,132 are peer-reviewed. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=251&infotype_id=20&masterinfotype_id=3 Indexes and abstracts over 250 alternative, radical and left leaning journals, newspapers and magazines from the U.S. and abroad. Topics covered include anarchism, democracy, ecology, feminism, gay and lesbian issues, indigenous peoples, labor, national liberation and socialism. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=250&infotype_id=20&masterinfotype_id=3 Full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=41&infotype_id=20&masterinfotype_id=3 Full text (in PDF format) of selected, important scholarly journals in a number of fields. Note: journals in JSTOR usually do not include the most recent three to five years. For more recent articles, use one of the other indexes listed in this section. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=32&infotype_id=20&masterinfotype_id=3 Provides indexing, abstracting, and many full-text entries for over 2,800 scholarly and general interest periodicals. Covers a very broad range of topics and sources, including most public policy issues. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=71&infotype_id=20&masterinfotype_id=3 A compilation of the biographies of thousands of African Americans. Contains extended narratives of both the famous and the everyday person, including African-American activists, business people, former slaves, performing artists, educators, lawyers, physicians, writers, church leaders, homemakers, religious workers, government workers, athletes, farmers, scientists, and factory workers. Culled from biographical dictionaries, obituary files, slave narrative collections, and Internet sites. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=136&infotype_id=7&masterinfotype_id=2 A detailed chronology of the African diaspora, presenting its political, economic, social, and cultural aspects from a global perspective. Arranged by year. Substantive subject index. In three volumes: 1400-1865, 1865-1915, and 1918-1929. A chronology noting the social, cultural, and intellectual contributions of African-Americans. Covers people, organizations, and events that had a significant impact on African-American life. With more than 4,000 articles by more than 400 scholars, this five volume set covers an immense variety of topics. In addition to country profiles, histories, and biographies, the work includes entries for African ethnic groups, fauna, flora, geographical features, popular culture, the arts, literature, music, and ideological movements. Approximately one third of the work concentrates on the African diaspora. Also includes over 1,000 photographs, maps, and illustrations. Includes descriptions of major works, prominent literary characters, and author biographies. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=752&infotype_id=3&masterinfotype_id=2 Profiles of individuals, denominations, churches, organizations, schools, and movements of significance to African-American religious life. Also includes a chronology; a selected bibliography; a listing of individuals by religious tradition; an index; and prefatory essays on African-American religion, Martin Luther King, Jr., and black feminist theology. Presents a history of the black American experience from 1619 through the mid-1990s, with articles examining many aspects of culture, such as black identity, the Harlem Renaissance, and black English vernacular. Concludes with statistical charts; lists on many topics (e.g., agriculture, religion, health, sports); and a list of biographical entries by profession http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=717&infotype_id=3&masterinfotype_id=2 Between World War I and 1970, millions of African Americans migrated from the southern U.S. to cities in the industrial north and far west. The first two volumes contain 400 essays that explore the causes, experiences, and consequences of this Great Migration. Volume 3 contains 76 primary source documents taken from contemporary newspapers, literary works, memoirs, and other sources. African American Music Reference chronicles the history of African-American music through 1970, offering electronic access to coverage of blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, early slave spirituals, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, gospel, and other forms of black American musical expression. It brings together reference texts in this subject area (discographies, biographies, encyclopedias, bibliographies, chronologies, editorially selected Web resources) with songsheets, images, lyrics (digitized and fully searchable), sheet music covers, and manuscripts. Rare and previously unpublished items are included. The reference citations link to musical tracks and performances so that users can then listen to the music. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=223&infotype_id=17&masterinfotype_id=2 Compiled by the well respected Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, this reference is arranged into nineteen chapters covering topics such as slavery, civil rights, business, religion, education, law, science and technology, the arts, and sports. Includes many charts, quotations, tables, and timelines. This is a list of reference materials related to African American studies. Some are quite broad, while others are more specific; all will help you find background information on your topic. To find other reference materials, try doing a search in GEORGE and limiting the location to "LAU Reference." http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=3185&infotype_id=17&masterinfotype_id=2 Bibliographic essays, arranged chronologically, highlight materials from the general and special collections of the Library of Congress. An abridged version is on the web at http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html . The Georgetown University-Library of Congress Connection http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=876&infotype_id=22&masterinfotype_id=4 Twelve essays provide overviews of archival collections, tools, and resources for doing research using such materials as manuscripts, newspapers, music, and photographs. Following these is an extensive bibliography arranged by time period and by topics. In addition, women, regional and local studies, and autobiography and biography are featured in a special section. A monumental publication in providing bibliographic access to African-American resources. Check for books on your topic in GEORGE, the library's catalog. Search by keyword, author, title, or subject heading. To find a book by topic, search by Library of Congress Subject Headings, keywords, or try looking up a title you know and click on "Find Similar Items" to search by the subject headings listed in the book's catalog record. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=976&infotype_id=24&masterinfotype_id=4 WorldCat is a catalog consisting of over 100 million records for books and other materials in over 60,000 libraries. NOTE: Available only to Georgetown University students, faculty, and staff. A publicly accessible version is available at http://www.worldcat.org/. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=104&infotype_id=24&masterinfotype_id=4 The catalog of the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC): George Washington, American, Catholic, George Mason, Gallaudet, and Marymount Universities, the University of the District of Columbia, and Georgetown University. Georgetown students may borrow directly from WRLC libraries or request items via the WRLC Catalog. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=585&infotype_id=24&masterinfotype_id=4 Statistical data on the African-American experience from the 18th century to 1975, arranged chronologically. Covers topics such as agriculture, slavery, families, and population and vital statistics. Covers statistical data from 1975 through the mid-1990s. Arranged by broad subject categories (e.g., education, employment). For pre-1975 data, see (#6) Historical Statistics of Black America. Multimedia collections of digitized documents, photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and text from the Library of Congress's Americana collections. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=647&infotype_id=88&masterinfotype_id=11 The Internet Archive offers permanent access for researchers, historians and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format. It includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web pages. Includes Project Gutenberg. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=3261&infotype_id=88&masterinfotype_id=11 An annotated directory of Internet resources on black history, with links to topics such as Martin Luther King, Jr., slavery, the Civil War, and the civil rights movement. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=866&infotype_id=138&masterinfotype_id=11 Produced by the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture and the New York Public Library, this website presents information and resources on thirteen important migrations, showing their importance to the history and culture of African Americans in the United States. Browse by geography, time period, type of source, educational materials, or by migration (e.g., the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the Great Migration), or search across categories. Includes images, maps, essays, primary sources, glossary, bibliographies, website links, and lengthy narratives describing each migration. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=413&infotype_id=138&masterinfotype_id=11 Online collection of over 16,000 music tracks from the first half of the 20th century. Includes a variety of styles including ragtime, blues, gospel, jazz, folk songs and narratives. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=503&infotype_id=35&masterinfotype_id=8 A museum of the Smithsonian Institution, the website links to a number of resources. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=868&infotype_id=84&masterinfotype_id=9 The Schomburg Center provides several digitized primary source collections and online exhibits as well as information about its research collection in New York City. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=872&infotype_id=87&masterinfotype_id=9 Fulltext collection of selected, Civil War era articles from the Charleston Mercury, the New York Herald, and the Richmond Enquirer, published between November 1, 1860 and April 15, 1865. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=102&infotype_id=78&masterinfotype_id=5 This database provides access to digital collections of primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, etc.) that document the history of women in the United States. These diverse collections range from Ancestral Pueblo pottery to Katrina Thomas's photographs of ethnic weddings from the late 20th century. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=3090&infotype_id=23&masterinfotype_id=5 Contains nearly 2,000 slavery, anti-slavery, and Civil War pamphlets and the complete runs of eight regional newspapers covering 1840-1865. Cross-searchable with other historical newspapers and the American Periodicals Series. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=2968&infotype_id=23&masterinfotype_id=5 RefWorks is an online research management, writing, and collaboration tool designed to help researchers gather, manage, store, and share information and generate citations and bibliographies. http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/rslink.phtml?subject_id=32&resource_id=135&infotype_id=16&masterinfotype_id=10