Q. I need to do some research in African Studies. Where should I begin?

Start with the African and African Diaspora Studies Portal.

Some key resources in African and African Diaspora Studies:

• Black Studies Center for essential historical and current material on African-Americans, the wider African Diaspora, and Africa itself.
• Black Thought and Culture for non-fiction published works of leading African Americans.
• International Index to Black Periodicals for articles from scholarly journals and newsletters from the United States, Africa and the Caribbean, and more than 130 core Black Studies periodicals.
• MLA International Bibliography for journal articles on literary topics.
• Oxford African American Studies Center for information about the lives and events which have shaped African and African American history and culture.

You can also contact the African & African Diaspora Studies librarian.