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Reference Books



TitleCall Number
Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American ExperienceDT 16.5 .A373 2003 REF
Encyclopedia of 20th Century African HistoryDT 29 .E53 2003 REF

To find more books search WebCat the online catalog of print resources in the collections of ACP and AMC.

E-Books



TitleDescription
netLibraryA comprehensive collection of online books (eBooks) including such books as, Key Events in African History : A Reference Guide AIDS in Africa.
Oxford Reference OnlineA cross-searchable collection of over 120 online reference books from Oxford University Press. It includes such books as, A Dictionary of African Mythology

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Journals



To find more books search WebCat the online catalog of print resources in the collections of ACP and AMC.

Research Databases



TitleDescription
Academic Search Elite (EBSCOHost)Full text of nearly 1,850 scholarly journals in a wide variety of academic subject areas.
Black Drama - 1850 to PresentA collection of Black drama from Africa, North America, the Caribbean, and other African Diaspora countries, including selected playbills, production photographs, and ephemera.
Encyclopedia Britannica OnlineIncludes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year.
MasterFILE Select (EbscoHost)Multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 750 general reference publications with coverage dating as far back as 1984. Also includes 37 full text reference books and an Image Collection of 107,000 photos, maps and flags.

WWW Resources



General SitesDescription
AAAMC - Archives of African American Music and CultureSelected list of Internet resources for African American Music, from Indiana University
Africa: One Continent Many WorldsIncludes over 60 minutes of video, hundreds of photographs of cultural objects from the African collections of the Field Museum of Natural History and Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and presentations on the accomplishments and stories of Americans of African descent.
Africa: the Art of a ContinentGuggenheim Museum
African Music EncyclopediaListed by Artist and Country.
African Studies WWWSite from University of Pennsylvania African Studies Center containing annotated web links arranged by country.
African traditional religionA general collection of resources on indigenous African cultures and beliefs.
allAfrica.comCurrent affairs information from AllAfrica Global Media.
Art of Africa and the African DiasporaSelected sources of information on the art of Africa and the African diaspora, including print materials, online databases, and Internet resources.
Facts on African Countries: Alphabetical ListThis is a list of basic information on African countries from Univ. of Pennslyvania
Internet African History SourcebookLinks to primary and secondary sources, related web sites.

RESOURCE SPOTLIGHT
Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents. It is updated daily.
Need information on the pharmaceutical industry in New York’s Hudson Valley region? This resource provides full text articles from regional business sources including, business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. To keep up-to-date, take advantage of the database’s search alert feature that will run your search daily, and send you the results via e-mail.