Research Librarian
Start With These
These core Black Studies databases are good places to start!
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Academic Search Premier (date coverage varies)Full-text articles from over 3,600 journals in the social sciences, arts and humanities, and sciences.
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Africa Knowledge Project (1999-Present)Africa Knowledge Project disseminates Africa-centered, evidence-based knowledge on Africa and the African diaspora.
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African Digital Research RepositoriesOpen access repositories, listed by country, ordered alphabetically. A project of the International African Institute at the SOAS University of London.
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America, History & Life (1964 to present)Core database for the world's scholarly literature on the history and culture of the United States and Canada.
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Black Studies Center (25,000 BC to present)Cross-searchable gateway to black studies including scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspaper articles, reference books, and more.
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Historical Abstracts with Full Text (1955 to present)Core database for scholarly literature about world history since 1450 (excluding the United States and Canada).
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JSTORFull-text backfiles of over two thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Alumni access
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MLA International Bibliography with Full Text (1926 to present)Covers critical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.
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Project MuseOnline database of more than 200 journals from nonprofit publishers. Alumni access
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Social Science Database (ProQuest)Covers academic literature for disciplines ranging from anthropology, sociology, and political science to communication, education, criminology, demography, economics, and more.
More Library Databases
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Arts & Humanities DatabaseFull-text publications on art, architecture, design, history, philosophy, music, literature, theater, and cultural studies.
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ATLA Religion Database (1949 to present)Core index to journal articles, essays, and book reviews in the field of religion.
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Communications and Mass Media Collection (Gale)Journals on advertising, public relations, writing, and other aspects of communications.
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Film and Television Literature Index with Full TextBibliographic and full-text database of film and television articles from scholarly and popular publications; includes images from the MPTV Image Archive of entertainment photography.
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Index Islamicus (1906 to present)Covers literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world, including Muslim areas of Asia and Africa.
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Literature Resource CenterFull-text critical studies, biographies of authors; covers all genres, all time periods, and all regions.
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Web of Science (1984 to present)Search thousands of journals across the sciences and social sciences and track cited references to locate more recent articles.
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Women's Studies International (1972 to present)Interdisciplinary, covering the latest scholarship in feminist research.
Tip: Peer-reviewed articles
Peer-reviewed articles are:
- written by experts in the field
- assessed for validity and scholarly rigor by other experts in the field (peer review)
- published in scholarly journals