{"id":2041,"date":"2020-08-14T14:51:06","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T14:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/afx\/?page_id=2041"},"modified":"2025-06-30T19:50:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T19:50:22","slug":"online-reference-sources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/afx\/library-resources\/online-reference-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Reference Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"shortcode sh-p-4 sh-rounded sh-drop-shadow-sm sh-bg-light_green !sh-text-black \"><div><div class=\"\">The University Library provides access to various online reference sources: online research hubs, bibliographies, and reference eBooks (almanacs, biographies, encyclopedias, handbooks, etc.). Below is a limited selection of digital reference sources that may be good starting points for your African American Studies research project.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p><span class=\" fa fa-lock\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span> Access restricted to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign affiliates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><div class=\"shortcode sh-p-4 sh-rounded sh-drop-shadow-sm sh-bg-neutral-200 !sh-text-black \"><div><div class=\"\"><div class=\"shortcode sh-grid sh-grid-cols-1 md:sh-grid-cols-12 sh-gap-3\"><div class=\"shortcode sh-col-span-4 sh-pb-3\"><a href=\"#Online Research Hubs\">Online Research Hubs<\/a> <\/div><div class=\"shortcode sh-col-span-4 sh-pb-3\"> <a href=\"#Bibliographies\">Bibliographies<\/a> <\/div><div class=\"shortcode sh-col-span-4 sh-pb-3\"> <a href=\"#eBooks\">Reference eBooks<\/a> <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"Online Research Hubs\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Online Research Hubs<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/proxy\/go.php?url=http:\/\/www.oxfordaasc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oxford African American Studies Center<\/a> <span class=\" fa fa-lock\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Collection of scholarship focused on African American and African history and culture with search and browse capabilities. Includes articles by scholars in the field,\u00a0 images, primary sources with specially written commentaries,\u00a0 maps, charts and tables, and biographies. Core content includes:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>African American National Biography<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>Africana<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>Dictionary of African Biography<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>Black Women in America, Second Edition<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>The Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Biography<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <i>Oxford African American Studies Center<\/i> also draws on additional resources from <a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordaasc.com\/page\/other-reference-titles\"><span class=\"s3\">other reference titles<\/span><\/a> included in Oxford University Press&#8217;s reference resources.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bsc.chadwyck.com.proxy2.library.illinois.edu\/home\/home.do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black Studies Center (ProQuest)<\/a> <span class=\" fa fa-lock\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Black Studies Center combines research and teaching resources in Black studies, including: resources from <em>Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience<\/em>;\u00a0<em>The International Index of Black Periodicals<\/em> (<em>IIBP<\/em>); full text backfiles of influential black newspapers (e.g., <em>Baltimore Afro-American, Chicago Defender); <\/em>ProQuest dissertations relevant to Black Studies; <em>Black Literature Index; <\/em>and a browsable collection of Black Abolitionist Papers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordre-com.proxy2.library.illinois.edu\/americanhistory\">Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History<\/a> <span class=\" fa fa-lock\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>More than 600 introductory overview articles about American History by leading scholars and researchers.\u201d All include substantive discussions of recent scholarship and sections about primary sources.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"Bibliographies\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Bibliographies<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/proxy2.library.illinois.edu\/login?url=http:\/\/www.oxfordbibliographies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oxford Bibliographies Online<\/a> <span class=\" fa fa-lock\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Peer-reviewed annotated bibliographies on specific topics in a growing range of subject areas. Each includes an introduction to the topic. Bibliographies are browsable by subject area and keyword searchable. Subjects that may contain bibliographies relevant to African American Studies research include: Atlantic History, Cinema and Media Studies, Education, Literary and Critical Theory, and Sociology.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"eBooks\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Reference eBooks<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Note: Each link takes you to the eBook&#8217;s catalog record.<\/p>\n<h3>Almanacs<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ui-lib-list__no-bullets\" >\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99669074412205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The African American Almanac<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99766791912205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>African American Almanac: 400 Years of Triumph, Courage and Excellence<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Biographies<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ui-lib-list__no-bullets\" >\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99669433012205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>African-American Writers<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99669078612205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Black Literature Criticism: Classic and Emerging Authors since 1950<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99955164844705899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Black Women of the Harlem Renaissance Era<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99755109312205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Contemporary Black Biography <\/em>(Volumes 1-113)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99408377412205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Notable Black American Men<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99669064112205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Notable Black American Men, Book II<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99954673825805899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Notable Black American Women<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Chronologies<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ui-lib-list__no-bullets\" >\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99754801412205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The African-American Years: Chronologies of American History and Experience<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99669074512205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>African American Eras: Contemporary Times<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99669074612205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>African American Eras: Segregation to Civil Rights Times<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99455371412205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99692148912205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Freedom Facts and Firsts: 400 Years of the African American Civil Rights Experience<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Companions and Handbooks<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ui-lib-list__no-bullets\" >\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>African American Studies<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99510489612205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>A Companion to African-American Studies<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Arts, Culture, and Literature<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99952375312205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Cambridge Companion to Hip-Hop<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99508925412205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Columbia Guide to Contemporary African American Fiction<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99782152012205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Oxford Handbook of African American Language<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99955108716405899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>A Companion to African American Literature<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99457438512205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>A Companion to African-American Philosophy<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Health, Education, and Social Sciences<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99682724512205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Oxford Handbook of African American Citizenship, 1865-present<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99691467312205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Sage Handbook of African American Education<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99954912546305899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Handbook of African American Health: Social and Behavioral Interventions<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99954921053705899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Handbook of Mental Health in African American Youth<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Historical Studies<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99952297712205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Cambridge Companion to the African American Slave Narrative<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99952297312205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Cambridge Companion to the Harlem Renaissance<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99952357112205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Cambridge Companion to Malcolm X<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99952302812205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Cambridge Companion to W.E.B. Du Bois<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99503538712205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>A Companion to African American History<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Encyclopedias<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ui-lib-list__no-bullets\" >\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99536471312205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Encyclopedia of African-American Culture &amp; History<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99896977212205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Encyclopedia of African-American Literature<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99955181434805899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Encyclopedia of African-American Politics<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99701970012205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Encyclopedia of African African Women Writers<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99955124742705899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Encyclopedia of African-American Writing: Five Centuries of Contribution: Trials &amp; Triumphs of Writers, Poets, Publications, and Organizations<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99896976612205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Encyclopedia of Free Blacks and People of Color in the Americas<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99739043112205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Encyclopedia of Race and Racism<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Other Reference eBooks<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ui-lib-list__no-bullets\" >\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99654742712205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Gale Library of Daily Life: Slavery in America<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99935968112205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Keywords for African American Studies<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99858174912205899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Milestone Documents in African American History<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University Library provides access to various online reference sources: online research hubs, bibliographies, and reference eBooks (almanacs, biographies, encyclopedias, handbooks, etc.). Below is a limited selection of digital reference sources that may be good starting points for your African American Studies research project. Access restricted to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign affiliates. 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