This document was developed primarily in response to a bibliographic lecture in an upper-division Afro-American survey course that covers the American colonial period to the present. In addition to representative examples of reference works, bibliographies, bibliographic sources, and periodical indexes, a section is devoted to the proper use of "Library of Congress Subject Headings." Kent State University's online catalog, CATALYST, is part of the NOTIS system and uses a controlled vocabulary which is detailed in the "Subject Headings" volumes. Neither keyword nor boolean searching is available, nor does the system allow for related headings. Consequently, uninitiated users can experience frustration when the phrase "NO SUBJECT HEADINGS FOUND" appears of the screen. As detailed in Section A of this document, the use of the heading "Afro-American" is very useful for illustrating many of the nuances inherent in a structured and controlled vocabulary. A written description was incorporated into the bibliography because of the specific course, but the example has proven very useful in other bibliographic presentations for educating students in the subtitles of "Library of Congress Subject Headings." The other portions of the document are designed to acquaint students in Afro-American history with other major sources of information for their written projects. (Author)