Statistics
- The African American Education Data Book byPublication Date: 1997
- Black Americans: a statistical sourcebook byPublication Date: 1996
Black Demographic Data, 1790-1860 by Publication Date: 1997An excellent resource on the changing population distribution of antebellum Black Americans, this book covers census data by region and state. Two-thirds of the book consists of tables and graphs providing dimensional representations of black populations, both free and slave, in pre-Civil War America.- 1990 Census of Population. Characteristics of the Black Population (via HathiTrust) byPublication Date: 1994
Historical Statistics of Black America by Publication Date: 1994Nearly 2000 tables of statistical information on blacks in North America from colonial times until 1975. Subject-specific chapters are chronologically arranged and reflect developments in black history. Subjects include slavery, and the migration of blacks into the south between 1870 and 1910.- Statistical Record of Black America byPublication Date: 1990-
Online
- We the People: Blacks in the United States byPublication Date: 2005
- The Black Population in the United Statesa collection of links to U.S. Census Bureau reports.
- Race Data bya collection of links to reports containing data about race.
- Slave Movement during the 18th and 19th centuriesfrom the Data and Information Services Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison: "This site provides access to the raw data [Free registration is required to download the data] and documentation which contains information on slave trade topics from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries."
Law and Legal Information
- Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) This link opens in a new windowincludes law encyclopedias among its collection of legal reference materials.
- Index to Legal Periodicals & Books Full Text This link opens in a new windowFind scholarly articles, court decisions, and legislation in addition to books on and about the law.
Selected Penn State Libraries' Guides
- Charles L. Blockson Collection of African-Americana and the African DiasporaWithin the Special Collections Library at University Park, the Blockson Collection includes books, music, and magazines among the collection's many artifacts of the African American experience in the United States, Latin America, Caribbean, and Africa.
Government Documents
- Catalog (Penn State University Libraries catalog) This link opens in a new windowFind U.S. and international government documents in the Penn State Libraries.
The Advanced Search feature in The CAT will allow you to limit by location:
scroll down to Paterno, 2nd Floor, U.S. Documents to limit your search to United States government documents.
- CQ Electronic Library This link opens in a new windowThe CQ Press Library includes many information resources about American government and public policy.
- Congressional This link opens in a new windowFind all types of congressional publications, including hearings, documents, reports, and committee prints.