Biography and Genealogy Master Index. Detroit: Gale Group.
LOCATION: Library Databases

An index to compilations of biographies, primarily 20th century.

Biography Reference Bank. Bronx, N.Y.: H.W. Wilson Co.
LOCATION: Library Databases

Full-text biographical profiles of people from antiquity to the present.

Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group.
LOCATION: Library Databases

A comprehensive database of biographical information on more than one million people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. The database includes entries from the following directories, which are also available in print: Contemporary Black Biography, Notable Black American Men, Notable Black American Women, the St. James Guide to Black Artists, and Who's Who Among African Americans.

Britannica Online. Chicago: Britannica Online.
LOCATION: Library Databases

An electronic version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, with links to quality Internet sites.

DELCAT. Newark: University of Delaware.
LOCATION: Internet (http://delcat.udel.edu)

The University of Delaware online catalog includes entries for books, journals, databases, and other research materials in the University of Delaware Library. For additional information on finding African American biographical information in DELCAT, see Searching DELCAT and Library of Congress Subject Headings, the final sections of this guide.

Expanded Academic ASAP Plus. Foster City, Calif.: Information Access Company.
LOCATION: Library Databases

An online database which provides references and/or abstracts to articles from more than 1,500 scholarly and general interest periodicals. It also provides the full text of many articles.

LexisNexis Academic. Miamisburg, Ohio: LexisNexis.
LOCATION: Library Databases

Full-text information from newspapers, the legal literature, and other sources on a variety of topics.

America: History and Life. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio.
LOCATION: Library Databases
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref E171B .A47) Index Table

A database (1982 to the present) covering scholarly journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations in United States and Canadian history. A printed version which covers 1964-1993 is also available in the Reference Department.

Black Newspapers Index. Wooster, Ohio: UMI.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref AI3 .I46)

An index (1977 to the present) which is devoted to African American newspapers. Newspapers indexed are: Afro-American (national edition), Amsterdam News (New York), Argus (St. Louis), Call and Post(Cleveland), Chicago Defender, Daily World (Atlanta), Journal and Guide (Norfolk), Michigan Chronicle (Detroit), Sentinel (Los Angeles), and the American Muslim Journal(Chicago).

Ethnic NewsWatch. Stamford, Conn.: Softline Information.
LOCATION: Library Databases

A comprehensive, full-text database of the newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic press. It provides a rich collection of articles, editorials, and reviews with a broad diversity of perspectives often at variance with the mainstream media. Coverage is from 1985 to the present.

Index to Black Periodicals. Boston: G.K. Hall.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref AI3 .I59)

An annual author, title, and subject index to articles and book reviews by and about African Americans published in thirty-nine black journals from 1950 to the present. Formerly entitled Index to Periodical Articles by and about Blacks.

International Index to Black Periodicals Full Text. Alexandria, Va.: Chadwyck-Healey.
LOCATION: Library Databases

Full-text coverage of 40 core Black Studies periodicals (1998 to the present), along with indexing and abstracting for over 150 scholarly and popular journals, newspapers and newsletters from the United States, Africa and the Caribbean (1902 to the present).

Kaiser Index to Black Resources, 1948-1986. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Carlson, 1992.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref E185 .K35x 1992)

A five-volume index to newspaper and periodical articles, books and ephemera held in the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The volumes have entries listed under an individual's name, organization, or subject area.

Newman, Richard. Black Index: Afro-Americana in Selected Periodicals, 1907-1949. New York: Garland, 1981.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref AI3 .N485)

An index to periodical articles published about African Americans in popular and scholarly magazines from 1907 to 1949. (References from the Journal of Negro History have been excluded since that journal publishes its own index.) Access is by author and subject.

PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service). Bethesda, Md.: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.
LOCATION: Library Databases

An electronic index (1972 to the present) to books, periodicals, and government documents on issues concerning public affairs.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Index to the Schomburg Clipping File. Alexandria, Va.: Chadwyck-Healey, 1986.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref E185 .S373x 1986)

An index to periodical and newspaper clippings contained in the Clipping File at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The Clipping File is also available on microfiche in the Morris Library (Microfiche No. 1583). The index provides access to individual names, organizations, and subjects.

Sociological Abstracts. Bethesda, Md.: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.
LOCATION: Library Databases

An electronic index (1974 to the present) with abstracts which covers journal, dissertations, and unpublished conference papers in sociology, criminal justice, social work and related social science disciplines.

Literature Resource Center. Detroit: Gale Group.
LOCATION: Library Databases

A literature reference database which combines biographical, bibliographical, and contextual information to provide information on authors and their works (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, and journalism).

Mitchell, Sara. Afro-American Biographies: A Bibliography. Huntington, NY : Nova Science Publishers, 2000. LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref E185 .96 .A37x 2000 )

A useful listing of biographies that have been published on African Americans. Entries are grouped into several broad categories (e.g. Science, Engineering and Invention). Author, title, and subject indexes are provided.

Salzman, Jack; Smith, David Lionel; and West, Cornel. Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History. New York: Macmillan Library Reference, 1996. LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref E185 .E54 1996)

A five volume set which contains scholarly essays written on various topics pertaining to African American studies. The signed essays are written by experts in the field and provide references to additional sources. There is a general index, along with numerous appendixes which provide historical statistics and other useful information.

• To obtain book-length autobiographies and biographies browse DELCAT using the individual's name as a subject. For example, to locate books about Frederick Douglass, you would use the Browse feature of DELCAT, select 'Subject begins with', then type: douglass frederick
• To limit your search to primary source materials, conduct a keyword search using words that pertain to the format of the material. Format terms include: correspondence, diaries, letters, manuscripts, narratives, papers, sources and speeches. A sample keyword search: women slaves and narratives.
• DELCAT uses the term African Americans when referring to black citizens of the United States and blacks when discussing black people internationally.
• If a book contains biographical information on more than one person, it may not be possible to find that book in DELCAT by searching under the individual's name. Such books, which are referred to as 'collective biographies,' can be found under the Library of Congress subject heading African Americans--biography. To retrieve collective biographies use the Browse feature in DELCAT, select 'Subject begins with', then type: african americans--biography
• If you are interested in finding biographical information on African Americans in a particular career or subject area, use the Browse feature in DELCAT, select 'Subject begins with', then enter subject headings that refer to that career/subject area. For example, information on African American writers can be found in DELCAT by entering :american literature--african american authors. If you do not know the exact Library of Congress Subject Heading, conduct a keyword DELCAT using terms that depict your topic. For example, to retrieve books about African American writers, you may use the Keyword option in DELCAT, and select 'Keywords anywhere' and enter: african american* and (authors or writers) and biography

NOTE: The "*" in the searching examples above denotes truncation and allows you to retrieve words with varying word endings. For example, biograph* would retrieve the terms biographical, biographies and biography.

If you are interested in a certain career and/or subject area, you may browse DELCAT by using subject headings that refer to that career. For assistance in selecting headings to locate books, refer to the Library of Congress Subject Headings or ask a Reference Librarian. Below is a sample list of subject headings you might use:

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