Princeton University Library

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Guide to African American Information Servers on the Web

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Catalogs:

• Hollis
  Harvard University library catalog.
  Please note:

  • Resource location: hollis.harvard.edu
  • Type "exit" to quit.

  LOCIS

  Catalog of the Library of Congress. Search by author, title, or subject.

  • Resource location: locis.loc.gov
  • Type "exit" and follow the menu instructions to quit.

  Melvyl

  University of California statewide library catalog.

  • Resource location: melvyl.berkeley.edu
  • Type "end" to quit.

  New York Public Library

  Includes catalog items for the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

  • Resource location is: nyplgate.nypl.org
  • Type "nypl" at the login prompt.
  • Follow menu instruction to quit.

  SIRIS

  Smithsonian Institution library catalog. The catalog uses the NOTIS database and therefore operates exactly like LSU's library catalog LOLA. Not only is the Smithsonian library available but also 1) an inventory of American art with descriptions of particular works, 2) a catalog of Smithsonian archives and manuscripts, 3) a catalog of research bibliographies.

  • Resource location is: siris.si.edu
  • Type "stop" to quit.

Discussion Groups & News:

• Discussion:
  • Directory of Scholarly Electronic Discussion Groups
    A subject-arranged and keyword-searchable text file with descriptions of groups and instructions for subscribing.

    NEGRO, BLACK OR AFRICAN (09/20/95)
    

    The New -- The Real "BLACK POWER" (10/28/95)
    

    Piece on King (01/25/96)
    

    OJ Trial: A Historical First (01/26/96)
    

    Inspirational Information (02/22/96)
    

    Black History Month (02/25/96)
    

    Interracial Custody Cases (04/29/96)
    

    MITSUBISHI DISCRIMINATION (05/08/96)
    

    WHITE DISCRIMINATION (05/09/96)
    

• News Articles
• Newsgroups:
  • soc.culture.african.american

Exhibits:

• The Faces of Science: African-Americans in the Sciences.
  An exhibit at the LSU Chemistry Library prepared by Mitchell C. Brown.

• African-American Web Connection
• African-American Webliography
• African Education Research Network (AERN)
• AfriNet
• AfroAm-L GRIOT Online
• Black Information Network World Wide Web
• Black/African Related Resources (Art McGee's List)
• CPTime
• The Drum: African-American Web Connections
• Hill's African American Site List
• Melanet: UnCut Black Experience
• NetNoir
• Resources for Diversity
• The Universal Black Pages

Organizations and Associations

• NAACP Information and Links
• Gospel World Wide Network
  
• International Association of Black Professional Fire Fighters (IABPFF)
  
• National Association of Black Accountants (NABA)
  
• National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB)
  
• National Black Deaf Advocates(NBDA)
  
• National Black Media Coalition (NBMC)
  
• National Black Nurses' Association (NBNA)
  
• National Black Police Association (NBPA)
  
• National Black United Fund (NBUF)
  
• National Rainbow Coalition
  
• National Trust for the Development of African-American Men
  
• National Urban Coalition
  
• TransAfrica: TransAfrica Forum
  
• The Umoja Party
  
• United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
  

Professional & Technical Links

• The Conduit: African American Involvement in Technology
• The Network Journal: Professional and Small Business News

Specific Interest African-American Web-Servers

• African-American History Documents
• The Genealogy Home Page
• The Kwanzaa Information Center
• Pan-African Political and Organizational Information