African American Studies

Histories, guides, bibliographies and indexes covering historical (mainly 19-20th century) publications.

Compiled by UVA genealogy expert Jean Cooper.

Book reviews, library catalogs outside UVA and writing help. See also African-American Biographies on the Internet

From the U.S. Census.

Guides for locating information on dozens of topics from UVA's Government Documents Librarian Barbie Selby

Guide to locating digital and print maps at UVA

Explore digital resources at UVA's Scholars Lab

Compendium of demographic, economic, and social statistics for the United States.
Best onen-stop shopping for summary statistics on the U.S. The Official Stat Abstract is being discontinued by the Census Bureau due to budget restrictions. See also all the Stat Abstracts from 1878-2012.

See date coverage specifics here. From ProQuest.

A database of enslaved Virginians. With support from the Dominion Foundation, this database brings together the names of these persons, along with any other pertinent information that may be associated with each name, such as their occupation or the names of other family members. Browse the database by record type or location. Or use the "Find A Record" area to look for listings by occupation.