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Coverage: 1975–present (with selected older titles). A multi-disciplinary database with significant full-text. Covers information in nearly every area of academic study. Indexes 13,600 journals—4,700 in full text (of which 3,900 are peer-reviewed).
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HAPI Online This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1970–present. The Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) is a source for journal article citations about Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Brazil, and Hispanics/Latinos in the United States. Many articles in Spanish.
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International African Bibliography (IAB) This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1971–present. A core index to African studies periodicals and books. Each issue contains two sections: articles and monographs (i.e., books). Within each section, arranged by country and then by subject.
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Encyclopedia of Africa
2010 ed. Edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Kwame Anthony Appiah. This encyclopedia is comprised of entries focusing on African history and culture. The articles cover prominent individuals, events, trends, places, political movements, art forms, business and trade, religions, ethnic groups, organizations, and countries throughout Africa. In-depth articles examine contemporary nations of sub-Saharan Africa, ethnic groups from various regions of Africa, and European colonial powers. Two hundred illustrations and demographic sidebars further guide and inform research.

Oxford African American Studies Center This link opens in a new window
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Provides students, scholars, and librarians with more than 8,000 articles by top scholars in the field. The core content includes: Africana, an account of the African and African American experience in five volumes; the new Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619–1895, which documents the full range of the African American experience; the African American National Biography; and Black Women in America, as well as primary source materials.
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