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Introduction to Library Research
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The subject headings listed below can be found in the UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries Catalog. These headings can be used with other library catalogs such as WorldCat (OCLC), which includes the holdings of U.S. and international libraries.
African American authors--Foreign countries
African American women--Travel
African Americans--[insert selected country]
African Americans--Travel
Travelers' writings, American--African American authors
Travel
Travel literature--[insert selected country]
Travel writers
Travel writing
Travelers' writings
Voyages and travels
Academic Search Premier
Coverage: 1975 to present
Indexes journal articles in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Includes some full text.
America, History & Life
Coverage: 1964 to present
A database on North American history consisting of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations & book reviews.
Black Thought and Culture
Coverage: to 1975
Provides an electronic collection of approximately 100,000 pages of non-fiction writings by major black leaders throughout the history of North America.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Coverage: 1960 to present
Provides a full-text collection of newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press.
International Index to Black Periodicals Full Text
Coverage: Varies, with oldest citations from 1902
Includes current and past citations and abstracts from over 150 scholarly and popular journals, newspapers, and newsletters from the US, Africa, and the Caribbean. Also includes full-text coverage of 40 core Black Studies periodicals from 1998 forward.
JSTOR
Coverage: varies
Provides full text of scholarly journal literature in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities.
MLA International Bibliography
Coverage: 1926 to present
Indexes materials in literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore from journals, books, working papers, conference proceedings, bibliographies, and dissertations. Also indexes JSTOR's Language and Literature journal collection.
Project Muse
Coverage: Varies
Provides full text of scholarly journal literature in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities.
The Stone Center's librarians have compiled a bibliography on African Americans and Travel. You may find this helpful in your research.
In addition to the bibliography, the following magazines and newspapers are good sources for travel writing by African Americans:
The Crisis
Davis Library E185.5 .C92 (Older editions are in the Microforms Collection.)
Opportunity
Davis Library E185.5 .O6
Chicago Defender
Davis Library Microforms Serial 1-896a
1921-1966 and Davis Microforms Serial 1-943 1973 to the present.
Baltimore Afro-American
Davis Library Microforms Serial 1-193a
Essence
Current issues in Undergraduate Library Davis Library Microforms Serial 1-1418 (1970-1985), Davis Library Microforms Serial 1-1120 (1985 to the present);
also available electronically via E-Journals (1970 to the present).
Visit the Planning a Trip page for:
Country Information
Travel Guides
Traveling Abroad & Travel Booking
Around-the-World Flight Packages
News Sites
Other Resources
