Find Articles By Subject: Africana Studies (13 Resources)

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The Africana Studies program is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of Africa and the African Diaspora. In addition to support for undergraduate study and teaching the library strives towards providing resources that encourage and facilitate the interdisciplinary study and research of Africa and the Diaspora within and beyond the classroom. To this end all formats and types of materials from printed books to collections of electronic texts are included.

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• Academic search premier (EBSCO)

  
  

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  1975-
  "... scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database"--About page. Also includes indexing and abstracts for articles from additional periodicals. Search can be limited to book reviews.

• America, history and life

  
  

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  1954-
  Provides abstracts of scholarly literature on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistoric times to the present. Search can be limited to book reviews. Usage info: Licensed for 6 simultaneous users.

• Anthropological literature

  
  
  Indexes citations to articles and essays on anthropology and archaeology, including art history, demography, economics, psychology, and religious studies published in English and other European languages from the 19th century to the present. Usage info: Licensed for 5 simultaneous users.

• Ethnic newsWatch

  
  

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  1960-
  Full text articles from newspapers and periodicals published by the ethnic, minority and native press in the U.S.

• Expanded academic ASAP

  
  

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  1980-
  Provides indexing, abstracts, and selected full text for 3,500+ scholarly journals and general interest periodicals embracing all academic disciplines (citations only for The New York Times). Search can be limited to book reviews.

• Left index

  
  

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  1982-
  Provides citations and abstracts, with some full text, to publications from leftist and radical media worldwide since 1982, covering topics such as the labor movement, ecology and the environment, race and ethnicity, social and cultural theory, sociology, art and aesthetics, philosophy, history, education, law, and globalization. Usage info: Licensed for 1 simultaneous user.

• LexisNexis government periodicals index

  
  

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  1988-
  Indexes the contents of over 150 U.S. federal government periodicals; provides links from a list of periodicals indexed to full-text periodical issues when available.

• Oral history online

  
  
  Provides indexing to English language oral histories held in repositories and collections; includes interview-level records (some with full text; some with links to audio or video on external websites).

• PCI full text (see Periodicals archive online) - Full text searchable collection of 350+ journals

  
  

• Periodicals Archive Online (formerly: PCI Full Text)

  
  

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  Beginning thru 1995.
  Full text searchable journal collection of 350+ periodicals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences (a subset of Periodicals index online). See Periodicals index online for more extensive indexing and links to selected full text articles.

• Periodicals index online

  
  

  Coverage:

  Beginning thru 1995
  Index to millions of articles in over 4,500 periodicals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences published beginning 1770 or subsequently; scope is worldwide, covering major Western languages. Complete PCI Index, including links to selected full text articles. Only the index is searchable.

• PsycINFO

  
  

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  1872-
  Provides citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, technical reports, and dissertations in psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, mental health, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law.Journal coverage list for PsycINFO Online tutorial for searching Guide to searching PsycINFO

• Sociological abstracts

  
  

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  1963-
  Abstracts and indexes international literature in sociology and related disciplines in social and behavioral sciences. Citations to journal articles, book reviews, books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.