LibGuides: Black Studies: Articles

Databases

America, History & Life
Index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. With indexing for 1,700 journals from 1964 to present.
Black Literature Index
Black Studies Center includes the electronic index to the Black Literature microfiche collection. This index allows users to search over 70,000 bibliographic citations for fiction, poetry and literary reviews published in 110 black periodicals and newspapers between 1827-1940. For citations to content from the Chicago Defender for which full text is available in Black Studies Center, a link is included directly to the relevant article.
Black Studies Center
Black Studies Center combines invaluable resources for research and teaching in Black studies: Schomburg studies on the Black experience, International index of Black periodicals (IIBP), The Chicago defender, ProQuest dissertations for Black studies, and Black literature index. This fully cross-searchable gateway to Black studies includes scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspaper articles, and much more.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Full text articles from newspapers and periodicals published by the ethnic, minority and native press in the U.S. Subjects covered include the arts, business, education, environmental studies, history, journalism, political science, and sociology. Coverage is from 1960 to date.
Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice, 1490-2007
An essential resource for the study of slavery, the African American experience and world history spanning over five centuries. Designed for teaching and research, this resource brings together documents and collections from libraries and archives across the Atlantic world, covering an extensive time period from 1490. Topics covered include the varieties of slavery, the legacy of slavery, the social justice perspective and the continued existence of slavery today.
Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law
Searchable database which provides links to legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world.
SocINDEX with Full Text
SocINDEX with Full Text is a robust sociology research database. It provides full-text, peer-reviewed sociology journals covering many studies including gender studies, criminal justice, social psychology, racial studies, religion and social work.

Selected Black Studies Journals

African American Review (Formerly: Black American Literature Forum)
(in ProQuest Research Library and Academic Search Complete and current issues in print )
Afro-Americans in New York Life and History
(n Ethnic NewsWatch)
Black History Bulletin
(in Academic Search Complete and ProQuest Research Library)
Black Issues Book Review
(in Academic Search Complete)
Black Music Research Journal
(1980 to 2006 in JSTOR Arts and Sciences III Collection, from 2007 to present in Local Print Holdings )
Black Renaissance
(in Ethnic NewsWatch)
Black Theology
(in Academic Search Complete)
Black women, gender & families
(in Project MUSE)
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
(in Education Full Text, Academic Search Complete, Ethnic NewsWatch, ProQuest Research Library)
Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy
(in Academic Search Complete)
International review of African American art
(in ProQuest Research Library )
Journal of African American History
(in Academic Search Complete and ProQuest Research Library)
Journal of African American Studies
(in Academic Search Complete)
Journal of Black Studies
(from 1970 to 2006 in JSTOR Arts and Sciences I Collection, from 2004 to 2007 in Local Print Holdings )
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
(in Ethnic NewsWatch)
Journal of Negro Education
(in ProQuest Research Library and current issues in print)
Negro Educational Review
(in Education Full Text, Academic Search Complete, ProQuest Research Library)
Review of Black Political Economy
(in Business Source Complete and EconLit with Full Text)
U.S. Black Engineer and Information Technology
(in Ethnic NewsWatch and Business Source Complete)
Western Journal of Black Studies
(from 06/01/1996 to present in Academic Search Complete and SocINDEX with Full Text, from 04/01/1998 to present in ProQuest Education Journals, ProQuest Platinum, ProQuest Psychology Journals and ProQuest Research Library)

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Article Search Tips

Research Tip #1: Look at the Bibliography

If you've found a source that works well for your research, look at their bibliography. There's probably going to be a couple of sources that they've used that you should use as well.

Research Tip #2: See Who Else Has Cited a Source

Google Scholar and many of our databases have a "Cited By" or "Times Cited" tool that lets you see what other sources have cited an article. If you've got a good article, see who else cited it. You'll probably find a couple of other sources relevant to your research.

The Subject Terms part of an article record from a library database

Research Tip #3: Look at the Subject Terms

Many of our databases will assign Subjects or Subject Terms to the articles, identifying the main topics of that article. Look at the Subject Terms to see if there are other search terms you should be trying in a database.

Popular, Scholarly, & Peer Reviewed Articles

Characteristics of Popular Sources

Publications often focus on a variety of topics or within a larger discipline.
Authors are typically staff writers or journalists.
Articles are written for the general public.
Articles tend to be shorter in length and provide more general information.
Sources are rarely listed within or at the end of an article.

Characteristics of Scholarly Sources

Publications often focus on a specific discipline or sub-discipline.
Authors are typically scholars and/or researchers.
Articles are written for faculty/researchers using technical terms and jargon.
Articles tend to be longer and focus on a very specific aspect of a topic.
Sources will be listed throughout and at the end of an article.

Peer Review

Also known as Refereed, peer review is a process where articles submitted to a journal for publication are reviewed by the author's peers (other scholars and researchers in the same field). These peers determine if the article should be published and will also make recommendations for edits to the article before publication.

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Limiting to Peer Reviewed Articles in the Databases

Most databases will offer a tool to limit your results to only articles from peer reviewed journals.

No Peer Review Limiter

If you are in a database that does not offer a tool like this and must use a peer reviewed article, you can search the journal's website. Usually, the website will provide information about the scope of the journal and whether articles go through a peer review process.

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Black Studies: Articles