Among specific kinds of resources included are:
Some collection descriptions include links to images, sound recordings, or other online materials. You can narrow your search results to those that have links to digital content.
Contains names, birth/death years, & bibliographic references to books containing naterial on that person & an indication of which books or articles include a portrait. Accessed via the Gale Directory Library platform.
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To obtain book-length autobiographies and biographies, search DELCAT Discovery using the individual's name as a subject. For example, to locate books about Tupac Shakur, type su:tupac shakur
DELCAT Discovery uses the term African Americans when referring to Black citizens of the United States and Blacks when discussing black people internationally.
To find biographical information on African Americans in a particular career, use terms that refer to that career/subject area. For example, African American musicians AND biograph*. Try many options such as: African American* AND (musicians OR rappers) AND biography.
NOTE: The " * " in the above search retrieves words with different endings. For example, biograph* would retrieve the terms biographical, biographies and biography.
If you are interested in a certain career and/or subject area, search using subject headings that refer to that career. For assistance in selecting terms to locate books, refer to the Library of Congress Subject Headings or Ask a Librarian. Below is a sample list of subject headings you might use:
African American athletes
African American authors
African American inventors
African American musicians
African American physicians
African American scientists
African American women--Biography
African Americans--Biography
African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Education
African Americans--Social conditions
Authors, American--20th century
Freedmen
Jazz musicians
Novelists, American--20th Century
Racially mixed people
Slavery in the United States
Slaves--United States--Biography
Underground railroad
Women slaves