Research Guides: Black Studies

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Black Studies Books & Media

How to Find books, videos, and other materials in Steely Library

These are suggestions only and do not reflect the full range of materials that may be useful to you. For additional assistance, Ask Steely Library!

For locating specific items, using the library's catalog, NKUIRE, is recommended. Keyword, Author, Title, and Subject are among the ways you can search. Here's a tip for primary sources: in NKUIRE, combine your subject with "sources" or "personal narratives."

For Non-Print Media (videos, DVDs, CDs, slides, etc.), Consider the "Media Searches" tab atop the NKUIRE search page.

Note: In the Library of Congress classification system, the subject heading, "African Americans" refers to "citizens of the United States of black African descent. Works on blacks who temporarily reside in the United States, such as aliens, students from abroad, etc., are entered under Blacks -- United States. Works on blacks outside the United States are entered under Blacks [subdivided geographically]." (Library of Congress Subject Headings, 30th Edition)

Browsing for materials in Steely's Reference and Circulating collections can be very useful.

For Black Studies, the following call number areas are suggested:

Check out Humanities E-Book, a digital collection of over 1,700 full-text high-quality books in the Humanities, recommended and reviewed by scholars, offered by the ACLS [American Council of Learned Societies] in collaboration with twelve learned societies, nearly 95 contributing publishers, and librarians at the University of Michigan’s Scholarly Publishing Office.

New Black Studies titles in the library catalog, NKUIRE.

The Black Studies Research Guide is maintained by Allen Ellis. Suggestions and comments are welcome.