LibGuides: Virtual Reference: African and African American Studies

Reference Works

General Information

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Over 8,200 publications are available in this multi-discipline database, with full text for nearly 4,650 of those titles.
Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window
Humanities International Complete is a comprehensive database of humanities content.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles in over 375 core academic journals with back-files lacking only the most recent 3 -5 years.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Provides online access to the full-text of over 200 scholarly journals in arts and humanities, social sciences and mathematics.
Proquest Central This link opens in a new window
General reference database for over 175 subjects from magazines, journals and newspapers, including peer-reviewed and scholarly works.

African, African American Studies, and History Specific

African Studies Companion This link opens in a new window
The African Studies Companion seeks to bring together a wide range of sources of information in the African studies field.
Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law This link opens in a new window Essential legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world.
European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750 This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. It covers the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of native American peoples.
Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new window
The standard source for the quantitative facts of American history.

Sociology & Anthropology

Sociology Database This link opens in a new window
Sociological and social work research including culture and social structure, history and theory of sociology, social psychology, substance abuse and addiction, and more.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
The CQ Researcher provides original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues shaping our world.
Statistical Abstracts of the United States This link opens in a new window
An authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States.
SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
This database provides the world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research.

Newspapers

Poetry

African American Poetry This link opens in a new window
Poems from 1750-1900 including Lucy Terry Prince, Phillis Wheatley, Jupiter Hammon, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and more.
Faber Poetry Library This link opens in a new window
Find poems written by modern poets such as Wendy Cope, T. S. Eliot, Thom Gunn, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Tom Paulin, Sylvia Plath and more.
Twentieth-Century African American Poetry This link opens in a new window
A collection of poetry written by the most important and influential African-American poets of the twentieth century.
Twentieth-Century American Poetry This link opens in a new window
A database of modern and contemporary American poetry from the early twentieth century to the present.

Biography

Biography Reference Center This link opens in a new window
More than 450,000 biographies, including actors, authors, explorers, historical figures, inventors, musicians, Presidents of the United States, scientists and many others.