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Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery

Africana Studies

Background Reading and Topic Development

CQ Researcher
In-depth reports on national and international topics, including health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the economy.
Global Issues in Context (Gale)
Focuses on broad issues such as war, terrorism, human rights, poverty, globalization, world trade, and global warming, as well as specific events and topics related to these broad topics. Includes articles and multimedia.

Best Bets for Africana Studies Research

Black Studies Center (Proquest)
The Black Studies Center (1893-) consists of scholarly journals, commissioned overview essays by top scholars in Black Studies, historic indexes, and the full-text of The Chicago Defender newspaper from 1910-1975.
JSTOR
Coverage: Full Text
Electronic archive of selected core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Includes complete runs of all titles indexed from Volume 1 to most current available (embargo periods apply). UMBC subscribes to Arts & Science I - XV; Health & General Science; Ecology & Botany; and Life Sciences.
Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO)
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Coverage: Some Full Text
Multidisciplinary database providing access to peer-reviewed and general interest journals and magazines; book and film reviews; newspapers; and much more.

Related Guides

Because of the interdisciplinary nature of Africana Studies, you may want to review the resources available on other guides:

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