Africana Studies

Core Resources

Subject-specific databases containing Africana Studies-related content:

America: History & Life This link opens in a new window
Selective indexing includes over a thousand journals dating back to 1964. Focus is on the history and life of the United States and Canada.
Atla Religion Database This link opens in a new window
Journal articles, essays, papers, and some books on topics such as biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religion in social issues. Index with links to full text in many cases. Covers publications from 1949-present.
Civil Rights and Social Justice This link opens in a new window
HeinOnline’s Civil Rights and Social Justice database brings together a diverse offering of publications covering civil rights in the United States as their legal protections and definitions are expanded to cover more and more Americans.
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada), focusing on the 15th century forward.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Indexes over 3,000 journals and series in the fields of literature, language, linguistics, film, folklore and drama. Also covers relevant books, working papers, proceedings, bibliographies, and other formats. From the Modern Language Association of America.
PAIS International This link opens in a new window
Indexes articles, books, conference proceedings, and government documents relating to public affairs and international relations. Available online for literature published since 1915.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Abstracts and indexes international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Pulled from nearly 2,000 serial publications are abstracts from a variety of sources including journal articles, conference papers, books, dissertations, and conference papers.
Women's Studies International This link opens in a new window
This database includes nearly 800 essential sources in women's and gender studies including journals, newspapers, newsletters, bulletins, books, book chapters, proceedings, reports, theses, dissertations, NGO studies, websites and web documents and grey literature.

Multidisciplinary Databases

Multidisciplinary databases containing Africana Studies-related content:

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals and books in all subject areas, still images, moving images, audio, and primary sources. It now includes the contents of ArtStor.
ProjectMUSE This link opens in a new window
Project MUSE is a leading provider of digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly community.