Subject Resources: African-American Studies
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![]() | 20th Century African-American Poetry
10,000 poems by 70 African-American modern and contemporary poets. Part of the Literature Online collection. | |||
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![]() | African American Music Reference | |||
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![]() | African American Newspapers: The 19th Century
Covers African-American newspapers from the 19th century. | |||
| 19th century; varies by title | ![]() | |||
![]() | African American Song
The first online resource to document the history of African American music in an online music listening service. | |||
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![]() | African-American Poetry (1750-1900)
Nearly 3,000 poems written by African-American poets in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries | |||
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![]() | Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Citation database for arts & humanties | |||
| ISI | 1975 to present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Arts & Humanities Search
Records referencing many of the world's leading arts and humanities journals. | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | 1980 to the present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Black Studies Center | |||
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![]() | Chicago Defender | |||
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![]() | eHRAF: Collection of Ethnography
Collection of ethnographic and other texts that are indexed by culture and subject | |||
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![]() | Ethnic NewsWatch
Full-text newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. | |||
| Proquest | 1990 to the present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Expanded Academic ASAP
Articles from more than 1,500 scholarly, trade and general-interest publications, many in full-text. | |||
| 1980 -- present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Family & Society Studies Worldwide
Research, policy and practice literature in the fields of Family Science, Human Ecology, and Human Development. | |||
| NISC | 1970 -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Gale Virtual Reference Library
Contains encyclopedias and reference books in a variety of subjects. | |||
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![]() | History Resource Center US
Provides access to over 4,000 historical documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journals covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present. | |||
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| HOMER
Catalog of the Information Services Division's library materials (all libraries except Health Sciences Libraries and Law Library catalogs) | ||||
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![]() | International Index to the Performing Arts Full Text
IIPA covers nearly all aspects of performing arts, from scholarly studies to snapshots of popular culture. | |||
| 1998 - present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Left Index
Focused on the political, social, economic and cultural issues of the Left. | |||
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![]() | LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe
Full text business, financial, legal, medical, biographical, government and domestic and international newspaper resources. | |||
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![]() | NetLibrary
Collection of full-text electronic books. | |||
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![]() | ProQuest
Access databases of resources for arts, business, humanities, social sciences, science and newspaper resources. | |||
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![]() | Social Sciences Citation Index
Citation database for the social sciences | |||
| 1965 to present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Web of Knowledge (Web of Science)
Web of Science is part of ISI's Web of Knowledge which also includes Arts & Humanties and Social Sciences citation databases. | |||
| 1900-present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Wilson Humanities Full Text
An index of articles in the humanities. | |||
| H.W. Wilson | Indexing 1982+, Abstracting 1984+, ?select? Full Text 1994+ | ![]() | ||
eJournals | ||||
![]() | African American Review
Official publication of MLA's Black American Literature and Culture division. | |||
| JSTOR | v. 26 - 35 (1992 - 2001) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Black American Literature Forum
Early publication of MLA's Black American Literature and Culture division. | |||
| JSTOR | v. 10 - 25 (1976 - 1991) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Callaloo
Original works by and critical studies of black writers worldwide. | |||
![]() | Project Muse | v. 1, no. 1 (1976)-present | ![]() | |
![]() | JSTOR | no. 1 - 41 (1976 - 1989) ---- v. 13 - 27 (1990 - 2004) | ![]() | |
![]() | Demography
Interdisciplinary journal of general interest articles for population scientists. | |||
| Project Muse | v. 37 (2000) -- present | ![]() | ||
![]() | differences
Focuses on how concepts of difference operate within culture. | |||
| Project Muse | v. 10, no. 3 (1998) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Eighteenth-Century Studies
Official publication of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. | |||
| JSTOR | v. 1 - 37 (1967 - 2004) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Ethnic & Racial Studies | |||
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| Ethnomusicology Research Digest
Forum for scholars, researchers, and graduate students interested in ethnomusicology. | ||||
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![]() | Journal of Black Studies
Scholarship on the Black experience. | |||
![]() | JSTOR | v. 1 - 32 (1970 - 2001) | ![]() | |
![]() | First Search (OCLC) | v. 29, no. 3 (1999) -- 2004 | ![]() | |
![]() | Sage | v. 29, no. 3 (1999)-- present | ![]() | |
![]() | Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
Importance of higher education in the lives of Black Americans. | |||
| JSTOR | no. 1 - 34 (1993 - 2002) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
International journal dedicated to ethnography and qualitative research. | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | v. 27, no. 1 (1999)-- 2004 | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of Negro Education
Study of Blacks and education. | |||
| JSTOR | v. 1 - 68 (1932 - 1999) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of Negro History
Articles on Black history and culture | |||
| JSTOR | v. 1 - 86 (1916 - 2001) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Journal of Population Economics
Research on relationships between economic and demographic problems. | |||
| MetaPress (Springer) | v. 9, no. 1 (1996)--present (older issues may be abstract only) | ![]() | ||
![]() | MELUS
Scholarly journal dedicated to multi-ethnic literature in English | |||
| JSTOR | v. 1 - 26 (1974 - 2001) | ![]() | ||
![]() | Negro American Literature Forum | |||
| v. 1 - 10 (1967 - 1976) | ![]() | |||
![]() | Sociological Quarterly
Research and theory in all areas of sociological inquiry. | |||
| Blackwell-Synergy | 1997 -- Present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Transition
Book reviews and essays in black studies. | |||
![]() | Project Muse | v. 9 - 10 (2000 - 2001) | ![]() | |
![]() | JSTOR | no. 1 - 80 (1961 - 1999) -- v. 9 - 10 (2000 - 2001) | ![]() | |
eBooks | ||||
![]() | Gale Virtual Reference Library
Contains encyclopedias and reference books in a variety of subjects. | |||
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Web Sites | ||||
| African American Women's History
A directory of sites about the history of black women in America | ||||
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| Black Facts Online
Online database of Black History information | ||||
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| Black History Hotlist
Links to Internet resources for exploring African-American history and issues | ||||
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| W.E.B. Du Bois (DuBois) Global Resource Collection | ||||
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