Library Guides: African American History Resources- HI 211: Schewe Library Resources

Call Numbers and Subject Searches

Helpful Call Numbers

Schewe Library is organized by the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system. The following call numbers will help you find books related to class topics.

African American History: 973.0496 (upper floor)

Black Americans: political and civil rights : 323.1196 (lower floor)

Slavery: 306.362 (lower floor)

Slave trade: 381.44 (lower floor)

Fugitive enslaved people and the Underground Railroad: 973.7115 (upper floor)

Emancipation: 326.8 (lower floor)

Abolition movement: 973.7114 (upper floor)

United States history: 973 (upper floor)

West African history: 966 (upper floor)

Central African history: 967 (upper floor)

Example Subject Searches

African American History

African Americans -- History -- To 1863

African American women-- History

Antislavery movements -- United States

Underground Railroad

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American

Helpful Schewe Databases

Accessible Archives (History Commons) This link opens in a new window
A historical newspaper database, Accessible Archives contains dozens of complete or near-complete runs of 18th and 19th century newspapers. In particular, the database contains an extensive selection of African American newspapers, as well as a variety of books, monographs, and pamphlets from 18th and 19th century America.
EBSCO eBook - Academic Collection This link opens in a new window
This multidisciplinary collection includes thousands of e-books covering a large selection of academic subjects and features e-books from leading publishers and university presses.
New York Public Library Digital Collections This link opens in a new window
Contains almost 700,000 images digitized from various New York Public Library collections. The search functionality isn't too fantastic, so try browsing a specific collection for best results.
US History (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
This history database covers the most-studied aspects of American history using a variety of primary, secondary, reference, and multimedia content. Great for getting background and context information for your papers.
US History (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
This history database provides access to over 500 full-text scholarly journals and magazines relating to U.S. history. There is a good mix of content appropriate for novice researchers and content for veteran historians in this database.

African American History Resources- HI 211: Schewe Library Resources

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Call Numbers and Subject Searches

Helpful Call Numbers

Example Subject Searches

Helpful Schewe Databases