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The Negro in the United States; a selected bibliography. Compiled by Dorothy B. Porter

Chapter 2: NOTE TO THE USER
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A selective bibliography compiled to guide students, teachers, librarians, researchers, and the general public, surveying printed and nonprint materials related to African Americans in the United States. It opens with a preface recounting the assembling of Afro‑American holdings by an early Library of Congress staffer and explains scope and symbols. The work organizes entries by topical sections — reference works; art; biography; civil rights; economic conditions; education; folklore; slavery and Reconstruction; legal status; literature and criticism; music; religion; organizations; race relations; regional and social studies; and more — and provides indexes, notes on sources, and suggested readings rather than exhaustive coverage.

NOTE TO THE USER

Scope. The emphasis of this bibliography is on recent monographs in the collections of the library of Congress, although a number of important older works, a few periodicals, and several titles from the holdings of other American libraries are included.

Arrangement. Entries are arranged alphabetically by author under broad subject headings that reveal the Negro's part in numerous aspects of American life, culture, and history. An index of names and subjects is provided.

Annotations. Entries have been given brief annotations where clarification seemed necessary. Because of the increasing importance for the building of library collections of scholarly reprints of long unavailable classics in Negro literature and history, indication of reprint editions has been made where possible.

Call numbers and location symbols. Location of items is indicated either by a Library of Congress call number or location symbol, or, for material in another library, by the National Union Catalog symbol for that library. A key to the symbols used is given on the next page.