Books and other materials not held by the UD Library may be obtained by Interlibrary Loan. This service is available to UD faculty, students, and staff.
Requests may be submitted by going to Interlibrary Loan.
You may browse DELCAT Discovery using specific subject headings related to your topic. For assistance in selecting headings to locate books, refer to the Library of Congress Subject Headings or use the Ask the Library chat service. Below are sample subject headings you might use:
Abolitionists
African American soldiers
African American women--Biography
African Americans--Biography
African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Politics and suffrage
African Americans--Social conditions
Afrocentrism
Antislavery movements
Black Panther Party
Black power
Freedmen
Pan-Africanism
Racially mixed people
Reconstruction
Riots--Michigan--Detroit
Segregation in education
Slave insurrections
Slave trade
Slaveholders
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
Women slaves
Most e-books can be found in DELCAT Discovery and you can read them by clicking Access Online. The following collections are not represented in DELCAT and must be searched separately.
Black Thought and Culture is made available through a grant from the Unidel Foundation.