LibGuides: Africana Studies: Find Articles

Choosing a Library Database to Explore

Africana Studies is a highly interdisciplinary field, and research related to this field can be found in a wide variety of databases the library subscribes to. Included on this page are just a selection of the library databases that may be of interest for your research projects. All of these databases are included in the OneSearch feature on the library's website.

To help you select the database(s) that will be the most useful to you, read the brief descriptions provided below the links included on this page. These descriptions should help give a general overview of the types of materials included within that collection.

For a full list of the databases the library subscribes to, visit: https://library.augustana.edu/az.php.

Recommended Databases

AnthroSource This link opens in a new window
What's included?
*Provides full-text access to journals from the American Anthropological Association
Anthropology Plus This link opens in a new window
What's included?
*Citations to resources related to anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies

Academic Search Complete
This multidisciplinary database offers more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals, and indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and over 13,200 publications including books, reports, and conference proceedings. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
What's included?
*Full-text to academic journals and primary sources in multiple disciplines
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
What's included?
*Citations to resources related to the social and behavioral sciences

Finding Additional Primary Sources from the Library

Tredway Library has subscriptions to a variety of additional primary source databases that may be relevant to your research in Africana Studies. These collections are largely comprised of primary sources from United States history, however we do subscribe to a number of international collections as well.

To help you select the database(s) that will be the most useful to you, they have been broadly arranged on this page by time period. Please read the brief descriptions provided below the links included on this page. You may need to hover over the information icon to do so. These descriptions should help give a general overview of the types of materials included within that collection.

For a full list of the databases the library subscribes to, visit: https://library.augustana.edu/az.php. You can select 'Primary Sources' from the list of resource types at the top of the page.

Enslavement to Reconstruction

America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
What's included?
*Citations to resources related to the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present

Making of America (Cornell University) This link opens in a new window
What's included?
*Full access to resources related to American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction

Making of America (University of Michigan) This link opens in a new window
What's included?
*Full access to resources related to American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction

Civil War Era Newspapers, 1840-1865 This link opens in a new window
What's included?
*Full coverage of newspapers related to the Civil War Era from 1840 to 1865

Records of Union Generals and the Union Army & Confederate Military Manuscripts This link opens in a new window
What's included?
*Records of the Union Army and the Confederate Army
*Papers of spies, scouts, guides, and detectives
*Information on Allan Pinkerton
*Records on military discipline from courts-martial, courts of inquiry, and investigations by military commissions
*Records of the U.S. Colored Troops

Colonialism

Colonial State Papers, 1574-1757 This link opens in a new window
What's included?
*Papers related to the colonial history of North America and the West Indies

British Periodicals (1681-2005) This link opens in a new window
What's included?
*Full access to 500 +British periodicals from the 17th to the 20th century

Cecil Papers This link opens in a new window
What's included?
*Contains sixteenth- and seventeenth-century state papers, grants from the Crown, legal documents, treaties, correspondences, and political memoranda

Civil Rights Movement

Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Federal Government Records This link opens in a new window What's included? *Civil rights records, including FBI Files on Martin Luther King Jr.
Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Federal Government Records, Supplement This link opens in a new window What's included? *Civil rights records from the Ford and Reagan presidencies
Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 1 This link opens in a new window What's included? *Records and personal papers from civil rights leaders
Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2 This link opens in a new window What's included? *Records of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) *Africa-related papers of Claude Barnett *Robert F. Williams Papers
Black Freedom Website This link opens in a new window What's included? *Primary documents related to African Americans topics from 1790 to 2000
Civil Rights and the Black Freedom Struggle This link opens in a new window What's included? *Records from the NAACP, SCLC, SNCC, CORE, and the Black Freedom Struggle
NAACP Papers: Board of Directors, Annual Conferences, Major Speeches, and National Staff Files This link opens in a new window What's included? *Papers focusing on crucial issues: lynching; school desegregation; and discrimination in the military, the criminal justice system, employment, and housing *Coverage from 1909 to1970
NAACP Papers: Branch Department, Branch Files, and Youth Department Files This link opens in a new window What's included? *Papers on civil rights in the United States *Coverage from 1913 to 1972
NAACP Papers: Special Subjects This link opens in a new window What's included? *Papers on several subjects
NAACP Papers: The NAACP's Major Campaigns--Education, Voting, Housing, Employment, and Armed Forces This link opens in a new window What's included? *Papers on equal access to education, voting, employment, housing and the military
NAACP Papers: The NAACP's Major Campaigns--Legal Department Files This link opens in a new window What's included? *Papers of the NAACP Legal Department from 1956-1972
NAACP Papers: The NAACP's Major Campaigns--Scottsboro, Anti-Lynching, Criminal Justice, Peonage, Labor, and Segregation and Discrimination Complaints and Responses This link opens in a new window What's included? *Papers focus on the NAACP’s efforts regarding anti-lynching, peonage, and discrimination in employment and the criminal justice system

Finding Videos from the Library

Tredway Library has subscriptions to several video streaming platforms that may contain videos relevant to your research. The library does also own a select number of DVD films, which you can search for using OneSearch on the library's homepage.

For a full list of the databases the library subscribes to, visit: https://library.augustana.edu/az.php. You can select 'Streaming Videos' from the list of resource types at the top of the page.

Video Streaming Services

Black Studies in Video This link opens in a new window
What's included?
*Access to streaming videos related to topics in Black studies in the United States
*All films include public performance rights

Ethnographic Video Online This link opens in a new window
What's included?
*Access to streaming videos related to anthropology, ethnography, and social psychology
*All films include public performance rights

Kanopy This link opens in a new window
What's included?
*Streaming films
*Most films include public performance rights
*Access to these films is mediated. Please contact your liaison librarian to request access to a specific film(s) for your class.

Additional Resources from Tredway Library

Included on this page are additional miscellaneous resources provided by Tredway Library that may be of interest to your research. Please read the descriptions below each database for an overview of the content contained within.

For a full list of the databases the library subscribes to, visit: https://library.augustana.edu/az.php.

Miscellaneous Resources

Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa This link opens in a new window
What's included?
*Primary documents related to the liberation of Southern Africa and the dismantling of the Apartheid regime

Black Thought and Culture This link opens in a new window
What's included?
*Collection of covering 250 years of non-fiction writings by American Black leaders

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
What's included?
*Collection of eBooks related to gender, race, sexual orientation, physical ability and religious beliefs
*Use the Advanced Search and select “DEI Subscription” on the right hand side of the screen to search for books in this collection.

World Heritage Sites: Africa This link opens in a new window
What's included?
*Contains materials related to African studies