Subject encyclopedias, handbooks, companions and histories provide overviews of ideas, people, and events They are a quick way to find out the basic facts and current points of debate. When using an article in an encyclopedia or handbook, always check the bibliography for further reading at the end of the article. It will provide a selective list of the books, articles, and, sometimes, primary sources.
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History
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Oxford African American Studies Center
African American Studies: The Discipline and Its Dimensions
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American National Biography
The Cambridge Guide to African American History
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The Image of the Black in Western Art
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Keywords for African American Studies
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The Oxford Handbook of African American Citizenship, 1865-Present
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Oxford Handbook of the African American Slave Narrative
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The Oxford Handbook of American Women's and Gender History
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Literature reviews are a particularly useful resource when doing research. They address the issues involved in a specific question and the debates among scholars. They map out the intellectual terrain succinctly and give you the major landmarks in terms of key authors and significant titles for greater understanding.
