Special Collections: African American Studies Research Guide (OLD)

To restrict searches to primary sources found in Special Collections,
select SEARCH BY LIBRARY COLLECTION
select SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

To use basic search:
select BASIC SEARCH OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
select KEYSWORD(s) ANYWHERE

Sample Basic Search/Keyword Anywhere:
"African Americans and Delaware"
"African Americans and education"
"African Americans and newspapers"
"Negroes"
"Moors"

To browse subject searches:
select BROWSE
Select SUBJECT BEGINS WITH …

Sample Browse/Subject searches:
"African American Methodists"
"African Americans—Delaware"
"African Americans—Delaware—education"
"African Americans—Delaware—newspapers"

Other relevant subject searches using Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):
"Abolitionists"
"African American soldiers"
"African American women—Biography"
"African Americans—Biography"
"African Americans—Civil rights"
"African Americans—Social conditions"
"Antislavery movements"
"Black Panther Party"
"Black power"
"Freedmen"
"Racially mixed people"
"Reconstruction"
"Segregation in education"
"Slave insurrections"
"Slave trade"
"Slave holders"
"Slavery in the United States"
"Slavery in the United States—Condition of slaves"
"Slaves—Emancipation—United States"
"Slaves—United States—Biography"
"Underground railroad"
"United States. Colored troops"