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Indexes and bibliographies in Africana Studies
Indexes and bibliographies are books or collections of books that list every work about a subject in that year. Use indexes to get started on your research, gather keywords and subjects for your searching, and to begin building a bibliography. Throughout your research, return to these works to clarify facts, concepts, or gather additional information as your research develops.
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ProQuest Black Studies Periodicals (International Index to Black Periodicals) This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations and the full text)
Explore cultural, economic, historical, religious, social, and political issues in African and African-American Studies. Covers 1998 - current. -
ProQuest Black Studies This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations and the full text) Historical Black newspapers, archival documents and collections, key government materials, videos, writings by major Black intellectuals and leaders, scholarly journals, and essays by top scholars.
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Africana Periodical Literature Database This link opens in a new windowAn English language database that indexes articles from journals and periodicals that specialize in African Studies or consistently cover the African continent.
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Current bibliography on African affairsPublication Date: 1999-presentRapid, impartial and comprehensive coverage of published and forthcoming materials on African Affairs and gathered from world wide sources, A Current Bibliography on African Affairs (CBA) is compiled as a quarterly guide for study and research in the field of African Studies and related subjects.
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Africa Bibliography This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations and subject indexing)
An indexing database that contains citations to books and journal articles published since 1984. They are searchable by keyword, subject, geographic area, country, and other bibliographic information.
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Africa Journals OnlineSearchable tables of contents to select recent African journals in science & technology, social sciences, and the humanities.
Disciplinary databases
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Annual Review of Anthropology This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and abstracts)
Contains literature reviews on broad topics in the field, 1997 - present. A fantastic place to start when you want a sense of how a topic has been researched in the field of anthropology. -
Annual Review of Political Science This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and abstracts)
Articles from this collection provide a comprehensive overview of the history and current state of research on a particular topic (methodology, major scholars, shifting terminology, disciplinary concerns). A great place to start for Political Science research, 1997 - present. -
CQ Political Handbook of the World This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations and the full text)
Provides brief country and political system information from standard sources such as Freedom House, Pippa Norris’ “democracy type” adapted from Freedom House rankings, and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA). Also includes maps. Note: You can also search across all of the CQ Press reference resources here. -
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
Main index to research in sociology, anthropology, and related fields in the social and behavioral sciences. Covers 1963 - current.
General databases
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Africana Studies databases best betsComprehensive list of databases for Africana Studies.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations and the full text)
A digital archive of important scholarly journal literature from many fields. Most journals are included from their first issue until 5 years ago. -
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations and the full text)
Use Google's special academic search to locate scholarly articles from across disciplines. On campus, the preferences are set to indicate the Library's full-text access to what you find (links on the right). Use the "cited by" link to see who has cited a particular work you're interested in. -
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new windowSearches through citations, subject headings, and some abstracts
The premier database for linguistics and literary studies, this index includes articles, dissertations, books, book chapters, and more. Covers 1926 - current. -
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations and the full text)
Search through the full text of key books and journals from across the disciplines, with emphasis on recent scholarship. -
Social Sciences Citation Index This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
Available through the Web of Knowledge. Search through current and historical literature in the social sciences, and perform cited reference searching to see who has cite a particular document. Covers 1898 - current.
Note: To do cited reference searching, click on "cited reference search," fill in an author's last name and publication date, figure out which of the resulting list of citations match the work you're looking for, and then "finish search" to see who has cited that work. -
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
Contains scholarly journals, trade publications, and magazines from across the disciplines and from popular culture. Much of the content is available in full text. An ELM Database.
