Bibliographies on the African American Novels


One of the most important, but least used, tools of research is the published bibliography on the same subject. Using this type of reference source will often enable you to utilize the work already done, thus speeding up and improving the quality of your research on the subject.

The following bibliographies on African American novels will be useful in finding additional sources of information. Use Global Express to obtain any items not located in the University Libraries:

Bibliographic Guide to Black Studies. Boston: Hall, 1975- .
Reference Center Z1361.N39S373a

Bruccoli, Matthew, and Judith Baughman. Modern African American Writers. New York: Facts on File, 1994.
Reference Center Z1229.N39M63

Fairbanks, Carol, and Eugene Engeldinger. Black American Fiction: A Bibliography. Metuchen: Scarecrow, 1978.
Reference Center Z1229.N39F34

Houston, Helen. The Afro-American Novel, 1965-1975; A Descriptive Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Material. Troy: Whitson, 1971.
Doheny Stacks Z1229.N39H7

Kaiser Index to Black Resources, 1948-1986. 5 vols. Brooklyn: Carlson, 1992.
Reference Center Z1361.N39K34

Matthews, Geraldine O. Black American Writers, 1773-1949: A Bibliography. Boston: Hall, 1975.
Reference Center Z1361.N39M35

Page, James. Selected Black American, African, and Caribbean Authors: A Bio-Bibliography. Littleton: Libraries Unlimited, 1985.
Doheny Stacks; Reference Center Z1229.N39P34