Databases by Subject
African-American Resources Research Guide
African-American Resources
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African American Experience (ABC-CLIO)
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Encyclopedia of information about African American life and experiences. | Yes | No | more information | |
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African American Studies Center Online (Oxford)
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Articles focusing on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture. Limit of 5 simultaneous users. | No | No | more information | |
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African-American Historical Serials Collection (EBSCO)
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Newspapers, magazines, reports and annuals documenting African American religious life and culture from 1829-1922. | Partial | No | more information | |
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America: History and Life with Full Text (EBSCO)
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Journals and books covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. | Partial | No | more information | |
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Black Studies Center (ProQuest)
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A portal to several resources in black studies (African American Studies, African Studies, and Diaspora Studies), including The Chicago Defender newspaper from 1910-1975. | Partial | No | more information | |
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Black Thought and Culture (Alexander Street Press)
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Nonfiction writing by major American black leaders. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest)
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Articles written primarily by Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian & Pacific Islander, and Jewish people. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Illustrated Civil War Newspapers and Magazines |
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Collection of historical documents allows you to browse and search HarpWeek's collection of 19th century journals. | Yes | No | more information |
Other Resources
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Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO)
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Journals, magazines, and newspapers in almost every subject area. | Partial | No | more information | |
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Academic Video Online (AVON) (ProQuest)
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Documentaries, educational films, and news clips in many subject areas. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Britannica Online |
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The complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia, and the Britannica Book of the Year. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Chicago Manual of Style Online (University of Chicago)
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16th and 17th editions of the Chicago Manual of Style. | No | No | more information | |
| Chicago Tribune (Proquest Historical Newspapers) |
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Chicago Tribune (1849-1994). | Yes | No | more information | |
| CountryWatch |
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Political, economic, and cultural information about every sovereign country in the world. | No | No | more information | |
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CQ Researcher (CQ Press)
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Discussions of current, controversial public policy issues. It offers pros & cons, background information, and in-depth analysis on a variety of topics, issues, and controversies currently in the news. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Credo Reference |
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Reference articles covering all major academic subjects. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Current Contents Connect (Web of Science)
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Complete tables of contents and bibliographic information from scholarly journals and books; also includes relevant, evaluated websites and documents. | No | No | more information | |
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Data Citation Index (Web of Science)
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Indexes data studies and datasets across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences and links the datasets/studies with published literature. | No | No | more information | |
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Dissertations & Theses Global (ProQuest)
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Citation and full-text access to theses and dissertations from around the world. | Yes | No | more information | |
| eScholarShare (Drake University) |
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Scholarly repository of Drake University. Includes 1000+ electronic theses & dissertations. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Gale eBooks |
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Reference works and eBooks in all subject areas. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
| Gale Primary Sources |
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Search interface for all Gale Primary Source databases. | No | No | more information | |
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Gender Studies Database (EBSCO)
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Journal articles in gender, sexuality, and women's studies. | Partial | No | more information | |
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Global Issues (Gale in Context)
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A resource for international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. | No | Yes | more information | |
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Historical Abstracts with Full Text (EBSCO)
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Includes books and journal articles on the history of the world (excluding the U.S. and Canada) from 1450 to the present. | Partial | No | more information | |
| JSTOR |
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More than a thousand academic journals and over 1 million images, letters, and other primary sources | Yes | No | more information | |
| Marquis Who's Who in America |
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Biographical information from various "Who's Who" series. | Yes | No | more information | |
| New York Times |
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New York Times access 1851-present. Direct access to virtually all NY Times content from that time period. Requires a separate, one-time registration. For details, visit http://researchguides.drake.edu/nyt | No | No | more information | |
| Oxford Reference Online |
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Access to dictionaries & reference works in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Limit of 5 simultaneous users. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Periodicals Archive Online (ProQuest)
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Archive of backfiles of scholarly periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences, spanning more than two centuries of content, 37 key subject areas, and multiple languages. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Project Muse |
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Full-text of scholarly journals published by Johns Hopkins University and other university presses. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
| Sabin Americana 1500 - 1926 |
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Primary source documents pertaining to North, Central & South America, the Arctic, Antarctica, & West Indies. Includes original accounts of exploration, pioneering, settlement, the western movement, military actions, Native Americans, slavery & abolition. | Yes | No | more information | |
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SciELO Citation Index (Web of Science)
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SciELO content includes regional journals from Latin American and the Caribbean as well as titles from Spain, Portugal and South Africa. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Sociological Abstracts (Proquest)
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This database abstracts and indexes the international literature of sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Sociology (Proquest) |
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Provides abstracts, indexing and full-text coverage of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, and more, including full-text from hundreds of leading sociology journals. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Statistical Abstract of the United States (ProQuest)
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Authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. | No | No | more information | |
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Very Short Introductions (Oxford)
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Concise introductions to a wide range of subjects. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Web of Science |
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Journal article citations in science and technology, arts and humanities, and social sciences. | Partial | No | more information | |
| Web of Science Core Collection |
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This subset of Web of Science indexes primary journals and article citations in several databases spanning a wide range of disciplines. | Partial | No | more information | |
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WorldCat (OCLC)
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Locate books, journals and magazines, music scores, and media in libraries worldwide. | No | No | more information | |
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WorldCat Dissertations (OCLC)
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Bibliographic database of all dissertations and theses available in WorldCat | No | No | more information |