African Diaspora Studies Databases
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African American CommunitiesFocusing predominantly on Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, New York, and towns and cities in North Carolina this resource presents multiple aspects of the African American community through pamphlets, newspapers and periodicals, correspondence, official records, reports and in-depth oral histories, revealing the prevalent challenges of racism, discrimination and integration, and a unique African American culture and identity.
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African American Poetry 1700-1900Includes the full text of almost 3000 poems written by African-American poets in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. African-American Poetry is a resource for literary scholars and for researchers in black studies, linguistics, women's studies, black literary heritage, and comparative studies. The poetry explores a multitude of topics, including abolition, children, civil rights, dreams, education, fugitive slave law, Indian raids, liberty, political issues, prejudice, and slavery. The variety of poem types is equally broad. The database includes allegories, broadsides, children's poems, elegiac poems, epics, hymns, odes, patriotic poems, and sonnets. The poets are among those included in the William French et al. bibliography, Afro-American Poetry and Drama, 1760-1975. The full-text of the poems is included and is fully searchable.
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Afro-Americana ImprintsCreated from the Library Company’s acclaimed Afro-Americana Collection—an accumulation that began with Benjamin Franklin and steadily increased throughout its entire history—this unique online resource will provide researchers with more than 12,000 printed works. These essential books, pamphlets and broadsides, including many lesser-known imprints, hold an unparalleled record of African American history, literature and culture.
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American Slavery : A Composite AutobiographyFull-text database of slave narratives compiled by the Library of Congress from transcripts of 2,000 interviews of former slaves from seventeen states. The interviews were conducted between 1936 and 1938 by field workers hired by the WPA Federal Writer's Project.
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Apartheid South Africa 1948-1980Apartheid South Africa makes available British government files from the Foreign, Colonial, Dominion and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices spanning the period 1948 to 1980. These previously restricted letters, diplomatic dispatches, reports, trial papers, activists’ biographies and first-hand accounts of events give unprecedented access to the history of South Africa’s apartheid regime.
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Black Abolitionist PapersThis primary source collection is the first to comprehensively detail the extensive work of African Americans to abolish slavery in the United States prior to the Civil War. Covering the period 1830-1865, the collection presents the massive, international impact of African American activism against slavery, in the writings and publications of the activists themselves. The approximately 15,000 articles, documents, correspondence, proceedings, manuscripts, and literary works of almost 300 Black abolitionists show the full range of their activities in the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland, France and Germany.
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Ethnic NewsWatchEthnic NewsWatch is comprised of current and historical collections together covering 1959-present and including newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press, providing researchers access to essential, often overlooked perspectives. The publications offer both national and regional coverage.
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Race Relations in AmericaExplore three pivotal decades in the struggle for civil rights in America through the eyes and work of sociologists, activists, psychologists, teachers, ministers, students and housewives. This resource provides access to a wealth of documents highlighting different responses to the challenges of overcoming prejudice, segregation, and racial tensions.
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Slavery Abolition and Social Justice 1490-2007This resource is designed as an important portal for slavery and abolition studies, bringing together documents and collections covering an extensive time period, between 1490 and 2007, from libraries and archives across the Atlantic world. Close attention is given to the varieties of slavery, the legacy of slavery, the social-justice perspective and the continued existence of slavery today.
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Slavery and Anti-Slavery ArchivePrimary source materials including books, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, manuscripts and legal documents.
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Struggles for Freedom - Southern Africa (formerly Aluka)Experience the phenomenal independence movements of southern African nations through this digitized collection of thousands of documents and other primary sources.
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World Heritage Sites - Africa (formerly Aluka)Explore the archaeology, history and culture of Africa through its heritage sites and landscapes.
General & Related Databases and Indexes
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Academic Search CompleteA comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database designed specifically for academic institutions. This resource contains more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition, Academic Search Complete offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
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America: History & LifeIncludes bibliographic citations and abstracts covering the historical literature of the United States and Canada from prehistoric times to the present. Sources include journals, books, dissertations, and book reviews from 1964 to present.
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Arts and Humanities Citation IndexIndexes 1,100 journals, 1975-present. Subjects include: Archaeology. Architecture. Art. Asian Studies. Classics. Dance. Film, Radio, Television. Folklore. History. Language. Linguistics. Literary Reviews. Literature. Music. Philosophy. Poetry. Religion. Theater.
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GenderWatchFull text database of unique and diverse publications that focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas. This database provides an important historical perspective on the evolution of the women's movement and the changes in gender roles. Publications include scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, and NGO, government and special reports.
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JSTOROver 1,800 full text journals. Register for a MyJSTOR account in order to:
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Nexis UniFull text news, legal, business and reference sources. Full text news, legal, business and reference sources.
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MLA International BibliographyIndexes 4,400 journals in literature and linguistics. Folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, the historical aspects of printing and publishing, rhetoric and composition, and the history, theory and practice of teaching language and literature are also included.
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Project MuseDigital collection of humanities and social science books and journals.
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ProQuest History VaultIncludes access to 11 separate collections of primary source materials including: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century (2 separate collections of government records and organizational papers), Immigration: Records of the INS, NAACP Papers (4 separate collections), Slavery and the Law, Struggle for Women's Rights (organizational records), Vietnam War and American Foreign Policy, and Women's Studies Manuscript Collections.
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Sabin Americana29,000 works about the Americas published from 1500 to 1926 including books, pamphlets, serials and other documents that provide original accounts of exploration, trade, colonialism, slavery and abolition, the western movement, Native Americans, military actions and more.
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World Digital LibraryWith the support of The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the World Digital Library makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world.
African Diaspora Studies Periodicals
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African American Newspapers270 newspapers covering the African American experience from 1827-1998. Provides online access to approximately 270 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience. This unique collection features papers from more than 35 states. Access includes Series I and Series II.
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African American Periodicals170 periodicals by and about African Americans from 1825-1995. Features more than 170 wide-ranging periodicals by and about African Americans. Published in 26 states, the publications include academic and political journals, commercial magazines, institutional newsletters, organizations' bulletins, annual reports and other genres.
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World Newspaper ArchiveSubset of World Newspaper Archive. 60 African newspapers, 1800-1922. Featuring titles from Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
Print Periodicals
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Black Enterprise1970-present
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The CrisisOn microfiche 1910-1940; online access for other issues
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Ebony1971, 1974-75, 1989-present; also online access
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Journal of Southern African Studies2006-present; also online access
