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AFST 101: Introduction to African and Africana Studies (HC)

African and Africana Studies 101: Introduction to African and Africana Studies 101 (Noonan-Ngwane) Spring 2017

Identifying Relevant Books

Use the Tripod Books and More catalog to look for relevant titles owned by Haverford, Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore.

The following subject searches are a sampling of possibilities. To find materials on a topic, try doing a keyword search in the Tripod Catalog to find relevant materials and then use the subject headings assigned to those titles to find more books.

africa* diaspor* history  [Keyword Search]

("slave trade" OR slavery OR slaves) africa* ("latin america*" OR caribbean OR americas)  [Keyword Search]

african diaspora  [Subject Search - Sorted by newest books first]

blacks latin america history  [Subject Search]

 

Tripod - For locating books, journals, and other materials held in the Tri-College libraries. Deliveries within the Trico usually arrive in one or two days. Use the "Request" button

Worldcat - An important place to look for materials not owned by the Tri-College Libraries. This combined library catalog contains more than 300 million records describing items owned by libraries around the world. Many of these titles are available to you through interlibrary loan..

EZ Borrow and Interlibrary LoanRequest items that are not available in Tripod on this page. Note that E-Z Borrow provides books in 3 to 5 days.  For books not in E-Z Borrow, request though Interlibrary Loan (ILL).  Again materials may arrive in as little as 3 days.   For journal articles not in Tripod, request through Article Delivery.  They will be sent to you by email.