ART 453: Africa in the American Imagination
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Introduction to Library Research
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Journal Articles
Africa-Wide
Coverage: Varies
Indexes journal articles, books, newspapers, and other documents on a range of topics including politics, history, economics, business, the environment, anthropology, language and literature, law, music, tourism and much more.
America, History and Life
Coverage: 1964 - present
An index of journal articles, books, chapters, book reviews, and dissertations covering North American history from 1964 to the present. Contains some full-text.
Anthropology Plus
Coverage: Late 1800s -
Indexes articles in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological and linguistic anthropology; also for ethnology, archaeology, folklore and material culture.
AnthroSource
Coverage: Late 1800s to present
Provides over a century of publications online, and it has current issues for 15 of the AAA's most critical peer-reviewed publications--including American Anthropologist, American Ethnologist, Anthropology and Education Quarterly, and Medical Anthropology Quarterly--and complete web archives of all AAA journals.
Art Full-text
Coverage: Indexing from 1984; Full-text from 1997
Indexes articles in the fields of art history, architecture, craft, design, landscape architecture, photography and video, and more.
Black Studies Center
Coverage: 1902 to present
The Black Studies Center includes the Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, a series of essays about the development of Black Studies as an academic field; historical backfiles of The Chicago Defender; and the International Index to Black Periodicals Full Text, a source for scholarly articles in the humanities and social sciences about the Black experience in the United States, Africa, and the Caribbean.
CAMIO
Coverage: Prehistory to present
The Catalog of Art Museum Images Online is a growing online collection of images of art from cultures and prominent museums around the world.
Communication and Mass Media Complete
Coverage: 1915 to present
Indexes over 400 journals and includes the full text of over 200 journals in the Journalism & Mass Communications fields.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Coverage: 1960 to present
Contains a full-text collection of newspapers, magazines and journals that cover the ethnic and minority press.
Film and Television Literature Index
Coverage: 1988 to present
Covers over 300 journal and magazine titles for film and television reviews, scholarly and critical analysis of cinema and television, and articles of popular interest about film and television.
International Index to Black Periodicals
Coverage: Varies, with oldest citations from 1902
Includes current and retrospective bibliographic citations and abstracts from scholarly journals and newsletters from the United States, Africa and the Caribbean.
JSTOR
Coverage: Varies
Provides full-text of scholarly journal literature in the sciences, social sciences and humanities.
Leisure Tourism
Coverage: 1976 to present
Indexes and abstracts numerous publications (journals, books, conference & research papers) dealing with the leisure, recreation, sport, tourism and hospitality industries.
LexisNexis
Coverage: Varies
Provides full-text access to general, regional and international news, legal information, and other topics such as biographical information.
Music Index
Coverage: 1978 to present
Indexes more than 725 international periodicals about classical and popular music.
Oxford Art Online
Coverage: Prehistory to present
Provides web access to the full-text articles and images of The Dictionary of Art (Grove), The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. All aspects of the visual arts are represented, including painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts and photography.
Project Muse
Coverage: Varies
Provides full-text of scholarly journal literature in the sciences, social sciences and humanities.
Readers' Guide Retrospective
Coverage: 1890 - 1982
Index of over 500 popular periodicals and magazines covering some of the momentous events of 20th century America.
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Helpful Search Terms, Keywords, and Subject Headings 
The hyperlinks listed below are subject headings found in the UNC-Chapel Hill Catalog. These headings can be used with other library catalogs such as WorldCat (OCLC), which includes the holdings of U.S. and international libraries.
Africa--In art
Africa--In literature
Africa--In mass media
Africa--In mass media--United States
Africans--United States
Africans--United States--Social Conditions
Africans--United States--Ethnic Identity
Visual Anthropology--Africa
Visual Sociology--Africa
Web Sites 
Web sites can be valuable sources of information. Keep in mind the importance of evaluating information you find on the web. In addition to using Google and other search engines, use resources developed by librarians such as the Stone Center Library's Guide to the Web, as well as Librarians' Internet Index or the Scout Report.
National Museum of African Art: Warren M. Robbins Library
http://www.nmafa.si.edu/research/library.html
International Council of African Museums
http://www.africom.museum
"American Perceptions of Africa Based on Media Representations"
http://www.hollerafrica.com/showArticle.php?artId=101&catId=1
Google Scholar
