Books, videos, music and other resources can be borrowed from Bowdoin, Colby, Bates, and libraries in the Northeast and beyond.
Search boxes for the various catalogs are available on this page.
Try to be creative with your searches and use alternate terms and subject headings. Some terms you may want to try:
African diaspora in art
Art Africa, also Art African
Art Africa, West
Art Africa, Central
Art Africa, North
Masks Africa
Masks African
Motion pictures Africa
Photography Africa
Portrait photography Africa
[country] art, i.e. Mali art
Often great resources can be found by browsing the shelves in the H-L or Art Library. Check the "Location" when locating specific call numbers.
For books on:
Art, Africa
browse: N7380-N7392
Portraits, African American
browse: N8232
​Paintings, African American
browse:NX652
Films (Motion pictures), Africa
browse: PN1993.5 (by region or country)
Photography, Africa
browse: TR115-TR119
Bowdoin Catalog-Search for print and electronic resources at Bowdoin College.
CBBcat-Search for resources at Colby, Bates and Bowdoin.
MaineCat--Search for resources at Maine public libraries and private and public colleges and universities; submit borrowing requests.
WorldCat--Search for resources in many formats at libraries and institutions around the world; materials found in WorldCat may be borrowed through ILL at the discretion of the lender.
