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CHOICE Review

Ten years have passed since the publication of Guy Westmoreland's An Annotated Guide to Basic Reference Sources on the Black Experience (CH, Jun '75). Davis's new annotated reference guide to Afro-American resources is therefore a welcome addition as it brings the field up to date, even including books published in 1985. Davis has done an excellent job, dividing the bibliography into 17 major subject areas and citing 642 works. These citations cover bibliographies, indexes, directories, selected anthologies, and dictionaries. A few periodical articles are listed as well. Subjects to which access is difficult are included: the black male, psychology, and philosophy. The section on the Caribbean and Central and South America is useful, particularly for inquiries on the influences and retentions of African cultural systems in the nations of those areas. Another useful feature is the appendix on Los Angeles and California. This book deserves high praise for its careful, clear annotations and broad scope. Reading the subject index can be most fruitful for a search, and the subject divisions and annotations will be invaluable to both patrons and librarians. There are also author and title indexes. For all public and academic libraries, community college level and up.-B.K. Gubert, Schomburg Center, New York Public Library

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