Reference Sources

Afro-Ethnic Studies
A Pollak Library Research Guide by Jie Tian, Reference Librarian

Pollak Library | Afro-Ethnic Studies@CSUF || Research Tips

Reference sources include encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographical sources, handbooks, almanacs, atlases, directories, bibliographies, and others. They can be a great resource for locating quick and comprehensive information about persons, events, theories, movements, definitions, etc. in all subject disciplines. The following is a selective list of reference sources pertaining to Afro-Ethnic Studies at the Pollak Library.

Bibliographical Sources

Afro-American History. A Bibliography

Biographical Sources

	African American Biography
	Black Women in America
	Notable Black American Man
	Notable Balck American Women
	Who's Who Among African Americans

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History

Encyclopedia of African-American civil rights : from emancipation to the present / edited by Charles D. Lowery and John F. Marszalek. New York : Greenwood Press, c1992
Ref E185.61 .E54 1992

The encyclopedia of civil rights in America / editors, David Bradley, Shelley Fisher Fishkin. Armonk, N.Y. : Sharpe Reference, c1998 Edition
Ref E185.61 .E544 1998

Statistical Sources

Historical statistics of Black America / compiled & edited by Jessie Carney Smith and Carrell Peterson Horton. New York : Gale Research, c1995
Ref E185 .H543 1995

Statistical Abstracts of the United States

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