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African American
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NoveList Plus
A searchable database of fiction and nonfiction titles. Contains book reviews, recommended reading lists, and book discussion guides.
Databases
African-American History Online [Facts On File]
Covers the people and events in African American history from the 1400s to the present.
African-American Newspapers: 19th Century Pt's 1, 2 & 3
Primary source material providing insight into the cultural life and history during the first half of the 1800s through articles written by African-Americans for African-Americans. Includes biographies of people often overlooked in standard references.
American National Biography
Provides biographical information on North American men and women of renown. Only profiles persons who are dead.
Ancestry Library Edition (In Library Use Only)
Provides access to a large number of databases of interest to genealogists and historians.
Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective
A searchable collection of articles published in the Charleston Mercury, The New York Herald, and The Richmond Enquirer between November 1860 - April 1865.
Columbia Granger's World of Poetry
An index to poetry published in anthologies and collected works. Includes online access to the full text of tens of thousands of poems.
Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature
Brief biographical sketches of over 400 African American writers, including writers from St. Louis such as Lucy Delaney, Eugene Redmon, Gerald Early, and Colleen McElroy.
Ethnic NewsWatch [ProQuest]
Full text database of the newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
Gale U.S. History in Context
Covers people and events of historical significance in American history from Pre-Columbian America forward. Content includes primary source materials.
Literature Resource Center
Contains biographical information about 120,000 authors and critical analysis of their works, including Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack, and Ntozake Shange.
NoveList Plus
A searchable database of fiction and nonfiction titles. Contains book reviews, recommended reading lists, and book discussion guides.
Oxford African American Studies Center
Focuses on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture.
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