Cowles Library Drake University

Edward Said Archive

A database of articles by and about Prof. Edward Said (1935-2003). Prof. Said was one of the world's foremost Palestinian intellectuals and an eloquent spokesperson for Palestinian self-determination and human rights. Because of his political positions, he was controversial and often the target of vicious attacks in the media. At the same time and in spite of this, he was a respected member of Columbia University's faculty and a very highly-regarded teacher. This database contains more than a hundred articles by and about Edward Said written between ca. 1980 and his death in 2003. The range of material is broad and includes editorial material as well as scholarship and works of public intellectualism. Go there...

African American archaeology, history and cultures

"...[T]his clear, effectively organized, and frequently updated site...is uniquely valuable. [It] provides links to online presentations about African American archaeology projects in a Web site that is part of a broader portal, African Diaspora Archaeology Network (http://www.diaspora.uiuc.edu/background.html)...[This] site offers links to resources about the African American past and excavations done in Africa itself. Context links cover African and African American culture, slavery and abolition, and, unusually, African heritage in Britain. The home page's main section on African American archaeology is logically divided by US, Canadian, and Caribbean geographical regions. The scope of articles and publications is impressive, with sources covering mainstream publications such as Archaeology magazine, research monographs, local newspapers, and state and provincial historical society journals. The eclectic nature of this collection emphasizes exactly how scattered the data on this topic is. Equally valuable is the array of Web sources on individual excavations, ranging from sites maintained by federal agencies such as the USDA Forest Service to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; many of these resources appear on academic institutional Web sites that are not obvious sources of such data." (Choice online, supplemental, August 2005) Go there...

Black Thought and Culture

"...[T]his site connects students and scholars with nonfiction works by leading African Americans. The materials...support research in the humanities and social sciences. At completion, the site will contain about 100,000 pages of books, articles, interviews, speeches, and letters. Sources include familiar works (Autobiography of Malcolm X and W. E. B. DuBois's The Souls of Black Folks) in their entirety, as well as fugitive and previously unpublished materials. Ease of navigation and wealth of primary sources are this resource's major strengths. Tables of contents allow users to browse documents by multiple facets, including author and source name, years, personal and historical events, subjects (geographical locations, organizations and institutions, persons), and broad and narrow topics (economics, religion, equality, interracial marriage, travel)." (Choice online, supplemental, August 2005) Go there...