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JSTOR specializes in making available the back issues of journals in a wide variety of humanities and social science disciplines. Issues are available both as images and as text, making searching possible both within each title and across the whole database
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Comprehensive collection of scholarship focused on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture, coupled with precise search and browse capabilities.
Project Muse provides full text access to articles from over 300 scholarly journals in the humanties, arts, social sciences and sciences. Coverage begins in 1995 or more recently and in most cases continues to the present. Issues are available both as images and as text; searching is possible both within each title and across the whole database.
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Indexes education-related journal articles and other publications. Cross-file search with other CSA databases.
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University of Detroit Mercy Black Abolitionists Archive is an historical research center which contains an extensive primary source collection on antebellum black activism.
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Bibliographic citations, with subject, country and region, and author indexing, for the periodical literature on Africa.
Holdings: Coverage varies.
Holdings: Coverage varies.
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A database of modern and contemporary African-American poetry from the early twentieth century to the present. Features 10,000 poems by around 70 of the most important African-American poets of the last century.
Holdings: 20th century
Holdings: 20th century
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Full text, comprehensive archival database providing access to more than 400,000 articles in nearly 200 ethnic, minority and native press newspapers, magazines, and journals. Full text archive of Phila Tribune, Jewish Exponent , and nearly 200 other ethnic, minority and native press newspapers, magazines, and journals -- both English and Spanish.
Holdings: Covers 1960 to date. Updated monthly.
Holdings: Covers 1960 to date. Updated monthly.
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Bibliographic citations with abstracts describing scholarly literature in all aspects of urban studies. Topics include trends in urbanization, urban history, architecture and urban design, housing and real estate, urban development and redevelopment, urban planning and land use, environment and resource conservation, transporation and communication, crime and law enforcement, urban economics, social services and public services, politics and government, urban fiscal and budgetary policy, and social issues.
Holdings: 1998-2004
Covers literature, languages, folklore, and linguistics. Includes English and foreign languages.
Holdings: Covers 1963 to the present. New records are added ten times a year.
An index of literature published in the Caribbean. Prepared and maintained by the University of the West Indies Library. CARINDEX contains two separate databases, one for literature in the social sciences and humanities (sah) and the other for science and technology (sci).
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"Historical Collections for the National Digital Library." A project of the Library of Congress.
Offers access to information about the cultural life and history in the 1800s, including first-hand reports of the major events and issues of the day, Also contains early biographies, vital statistics, essays and editorials, poetry and prose, and advertisements.
Part I: Freedom's Journal, New York, 1827-Mar. 1829; Colored American, New York, 1837-Mar. 1840; The North Star, Rochester, NY, 1847-July 1849; National Era, Washington, DC, 1847-Dec. 1848.
Part II: Colored American, 1840-41; The North Star, July 1849-1851; Frederick Douglass Papers (continuation of The North Star), 1851-May 1852; National Era, 1847-Dec. 1850; Provincial Freeman, Toronto, ON, 1854-Dec. 18, 1855.
Part III: Frederick Douglass Papers, May 1852-Dec. 1852; National Era, Dec. 1850-Dec. 1853; Provincial Freeman, Dec. 1855-57; The Christian Recorder, Toronto, ON, 1861-April 1862.
Part IV: The Christian Recorder, May 1862-Dec. 1864; National Era, Jan. 1854-Dec. 1855; Frederick Douglass Papers, Jan. 1853-Dec. 1854.
Part V: The Christian Recorder, Jan. 1865-June 1868; National Era, Jan. 1856-Dec. 1857; Frederick Douglass Papers, Jan. 1855-Dec. 1856.
Part VI: National Era, Jan. 1858-Mar. 1860; The Christian Recorder, July 1868-Dec. 1870.
Part VII: The Christian Recorder, Jan. 1872-Dec. 1876.
Part VIII: The Christian Recorder, Jan. 1877-Dec. 1882.
Part IX: The Christian Recorder, Jan. 1883-Dec. 1887.
Part X: The Christian Recorder, Jan. 1888-Dec. 1893 (excluding 1892)
Part XI: The Christian Recorder, Jan. 1894-Dec. 1898
Holdings: Parts 1 - 11
The mission of the Association for the Study of African
American Life and History (ASALH) is to promote,
research, preserve, interpret and disseminate
information about Black life, history and culture to the
global community.
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This bibliography lists 600 theses and dissertations on African American topics completed at the University of California, Berkeley 1907 -2002.
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The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas
"The approximately 1,200 images in this collection have been selected from a wide range of sources, most of them dating from the period of slavery."
"The approximately 1,200 images in this collection have been selected from a wide range of sources, most of them dating from the period of slavery."
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Sociological Abstracts
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Covers sociology, case work, demographics, policy studies, political science, family studies, feminist studies, and social security programs.
Holdings: 1963 to the present. Updated bimonthly.
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Covers sociology, case work, demographics, policy studies, political science, family studies, feminist studies, and social security programs.
Holdings: 1963 to the present. Updated bimonthly.
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Periodicals Index Online
Humanities and social sciences. The scope is international, including journals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and other Western languages.
Humanities and social sciences. The scope is international, including journals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and other Western languages.
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LexisNexis Academic
Access to full-text national and international newspapers , including the New York Times, and the Times of London business and accounting information, biographical data, and some selected legal materials. News sources also include magazines, broadcast transcripts, and wire services. Among the document sources included are the U.S. Code and Federal Case Law, state codes and case law, and U.S. patents.
Access to full-text national and international newspapers , including the New York Times, and the Times of London business and accounting information, biographical data, and some selected legal materials. News sources also include magazines, broadcast transcripts, and wire services. Among the document sources included are the U.S. Code and Federal Case Law, state codes and case law, and U.S. patents.
Note that many Congressional publications including bills and laws, the Congressional Record, the Federal Register and campaign finance and voting record data which were previously available in LEXIS/NEXIS are now accessible through a companion database, Congressional Universe.
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Contemporary Women's Issues
This full-text database provides international coverage of current issues such as employment and the workplace, social & political issues, violence and exploitation, development and human rights, health and reproductive rights, legal issues, education, culture and customs, demographics, contemporary family life, and arts and media.
Holdings: 1992 to the present, (selected reports back to 1990).
This full-text database provides international coverage of current issues such as employment and the workplace, social & political issues, violence and exploitation, development and human rights, health and reproductive rights, legal issues, education, culture and customs, demographics, contemporary family life, and arts and media.
Holdings: 1992 to the present, (selected reports back to 1990).
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AP Photo Archive
Image and Graphics Databases only available on this subscription. Contains over one million Associated Press photographs (with searchable captions) in two collections, downloadable as JPEG (jpg) images: North American national, regional, state, and local photos with "the best international photos"; Euro/Asian photos. Also, AP Graphics Database provides PDF-format Associated Press-produced information graphics, diagrams, maps, charts, and logos for newspapers and other print media.
Holdings: Photos: 1826 to present. Graphics: 1999 to present. Audio files: 1920s to present.
Image and Graphics Databases only available on this subscription. Contains over one million Associated Press photographs (with searchable captions) in two collections, downloadable as JPEG (jpg) images: North American national, regional, state, and local photos with "the best international photos"; Euro/Asian photos. Also, AP Graphics Database provides PDF-format Associated Press-produced information graphics, diagrams, maps, charts, and logos for newspapers and other print media.
Holdings: Photos: 1826 to present. Graphics: 1999 to present. Audio files: 1920s to present.
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African American Poetry (1750-1900)
Nearly 3,000 full-text poems written by African-American poets in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Nearly 3,000 full-text poems written by African-American poets in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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The Geography of Slavery
"a digital collection of advertisements for runaway and captured slaves and servants in 18th- and 19th-century Virginia newspapers. Building on the rich descriptions of individual slaves and servants in the ads, the project offers a personal, geographical and documentary context for the study of slavery in Virginia, from colonial times to the Civil War."
"a digital collection of advertisements for runaway and captured slaves and servants in 18th- and 19th-century Virginia newspapers. Building on the rich descriptions of individual slaves and servants in the ads, the project offers a personal, geographical and documentary context for the study of slavery in Virginia, from colonial times to the Civil War."
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Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection
Numbering over 10,000 titles, May's pamphlets and leaflets document the anti-slavery struggle at the local, regional, and national levels. Much of the May Anti-Slavery Collection was considered ephemeral or fugitive, and today many of these pamphlets are scarce. Sermons, position papers, offprints, local Anti-Slavery Society newsletters, poetry anthologies, freedmen's testimonies, broadsides, and Anti-Slavery Fair keepsakes all document the social and political implications of the abolitionist movement.
Numbering over 10,000 titles, May's pamphlets and leaflets document the anti-slavery struggle at the local, regional, and national levels. Much of the May Anti-Slavery Collection was considered ephemeral or fugitive, and today many of these pamphlets are scarce. Sermons, position papers, offprints, local Anti-Slavery Society newsletters, poetry anthologies, freedmen's testimonies, broadsides, and Anti-Slavery Fair keepsakes all document the social and political implications of the abolitionist movement.
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New York Times (1851-2004), ProQuest Historical Newspapers
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Full-text of the New York Times. News, editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, birth and marriage announcements, historical photos, stock photos, and advertisements are all searchable and available for viewing and printing. Through the ProQuest interface, a searchable ASCII text underlies each article and page image in ProQuest Historical Newspapers (although the ASCII text is not available for printing or emailing). Users can search by keyword and Boolean operators as well as employ more advanced searching techniques. The results list generated by a search includes detailed bibliographic information for the articles retrieved including article title, publication, issue date, author, page, etc. Articles are emailed in pdf format.
Holdings: 1851-2004
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Full-text of the New York Times. News, editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, birth and marriage announcements, historical photos, stock photos, and advertisements are all searchable and available for viewing and printing. Through the ProQuest interface, a searchable ASCII text underlies each article and page image in ProQuest Historical Newspapers (although the ASCII text is not available for printing or emailing). Users can search by keyword and Boolean operators as well as employ more advanced searching techniques. The results list generated by a search includes detailed bibliographic information for the articles retrieved including article title, publication, issue date, author, page, etc. Articles are emailed in pdf format.
Holdings: 1851-2004
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Literature Online
LION is a searchable, full-text collection of over 250,000 works in English and American Literature. Separate databases are English Poetry (1100-1900), American Poetry (1600-1900), African-American Poetry (1750-1900), English Drama (1280-1915), Eighteenth-Century Fiction (1700-1780), Early English Prose Fiction (1500-1700), The Bible In English (990-1970), Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare (1591-1911), Modern Poetry (1972-1997).
LION is a searchable, full-text collection of over 250,000 works in English and American Literature. Separate databases are English Poetry (1100-1900), American Poetry (1600-1900), African-American Poetry (1750-1900), English Drama (1280-1915), Eighteenth-Century Fiction (1700-1780), Early English Prose Fiction (1500-1700), The Bible In English (990-1970), Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare (1591-1911), Modern Poetry (1972-1997).
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ISI Citation Indexes (Web of Science)
Indexes journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Allows for cited reference searching. Includes Science Citation Index, the Social Science Citation Index, and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Search for specific articles by subject, author, journal, and/or author address, as well as for articles that cite a known author or work.
Holdings: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)--1945-present, Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)--1956-present, Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)--1975-present. Updated weekly.
Indexes journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Allows for cited reference searching. Includes Science Citation Index, the Social Science Citation Index, and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Search for specific articles by subject, author, journal, and/or author address, as well as for articles that cite a known author or work.
Holdings: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)--1945-present, Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)--1956-present, Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)--1975-present. Updated weekly.
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International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
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Bibliographic citations and subject indexing for the international journal article and book literature in anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology. Produced by British Library of Political and Economic Science, London School of Economics and Political Science, with the support and assistance of International Committee for Social Science Information and Documentation and UNESCO.
Holdings: Covers 1951 to the present in three separate files.
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Bibliographic citations and subject indexing for the international journal article and book literature in anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology. Produced by British Library of Political and Economic Science, London School of Economics and Political Science, with the support and assistance of International Committee for Social Science Information and Documentation and UNESCO.
Holdings: Covers 1951 to the present in three separate files.
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Health Materials Database (U.S. Office of Minority Health)
The U. S. Office of Minority Health supports a group of materials databases which include minority health organizations, programs and documents.
The U. S. Office of Minority Health supports a group of materials databases which include minority health organizations, programs and documents.
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Digital Dissertations (Dissertation Abstracts)
NOTE: On July 21, 2007, ProQuest Digital Dissertations will change search interfaces! Access will be via ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) on the ProQuest platform. Indexing (since 1861 and abstracting (since 1980) for doctoral-level dissertations completed at North American universities. Dissertations from selected European universities are also listed. Selected master's theses are included since 1988.
NOTE: On July 21, 2007, ProQuest Digital Dissertations will change search interfaces! Access will be via ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) on the ProQuest platform. Indexing (since 1861 and abstracting (since 1980) for doctoral-level dissertations completed at North American universities. Dissertations from selected European universities are also listed. Selected master's theses are included since 1988.
One can search the database by: author, keyword in title and/or abstract, adviser, university code, date, degree. Boolean operators allow for combinations of fields.
Holdings: Indexing 1861-present, abstracts 1980-present, full-text PDF for most Penn dissertations from 1997 to the present.
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EBSCO MegaFILE
General, multidisciplinary fulltext periodical database, covering all scholarly disciplines, with many general and popular magazines, and news sources. Includes bibliographic citations with indexing and abstracts for more than 16,000 periodicals.
Holdings: Coverage varies: mostly 1990s to present.
General, multidisciplinary fulltext periodical database, covering all scholarly disciplines, with many general and popular magazines, and news sources. Includes bibliographic citations with indexing and abstracts for more than 16,000 periodicals.
Holdings: Coverage varies: mostly 1990s to present.
Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection
Numbering over 10,000 titles, May's pamphlets and leaflets document the anti-slavery struggle at the local, regional, and national levels. Much of the May Anti-Slavery Collection was considered ephemeral or fugitive, and today many of these pamphlets are scarce. Sermons, position papers, offprints, local Anti-Slavery Society newsletters, poetry anthologies, freedmen's testimonies, broadsides, and Anti-Slavery Fair keepsakes all document the social and political implications of the abolitionist movement.
Numbering over 10,000 titles, May's pamphlets and leaflets document the anti-slavery struggle at the local, regional, and national levels. Much of the May Anti-Slavery Collection was considered ephemeral or fugitive, and today many of these pamphlets are scarce. Sermons, position papers, offprints, local Anti-Slavery Society newsletters, poetry anthologies, freedmen's testimonies, broadsides, and Anti-Slavery Fair keepsakes all document the social and political implications of the abolitionist movement.
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Chicago Defender
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Fulltext backfile of the Chicago Defender online, 1910-1975. The Chicago Defender was one of the most important African-American newspapers of the 20th century, having national readership and coverage for most of its history.
Holdings: 1910-1975
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Fulltext backfile of the Chicago Defender online, 1910-1975. The Chicago Defender was one of the most important African-American newspapers of the 20th century, having national readership and coverage for most of its history.
Holdings: 1910-1975
GenderWatch
GenderWatch, formerly titled Women 'R', contains 40,000 articles from more than 100 journals, magazines, newsletters, special reports, unpublished papers and conference proceedings devoted to gender and women's issues.
Holdings: The database contains a large body of archival material, in some cases, as far back as 1970.
GenderWatch, formerly titled Women 'R', contains 40,000 articles from more than 100 journals, magazines, newsletters, special reports, unpublished papers and conference proceedings devoted to gender and women's issues.
Holdings: The database contains a large body of archival material, in some cases, as far back as 1970.
Center for Research Libraries-U.S. Ethnic Newspapers Database
ethnic, newspapers, alternative, race, news, crl
ethnic, newspapers, alternative, race, news, crl
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