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  • Circulation and Reserves, Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Library: Marianna Brough
  • Location: Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, A113
  • Phone: (812) 855-3237
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    • Subject Librarian: DeLoice Holliday
    • Location: Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, A113 IUB
    • Phone: (812) 855-4369
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last updated: 7/14/2009

African American and African Diaspora Studies Resources



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19th Century Historical United States Newspapers - about | terms of use - A digital archive of American historical newspapers from the 19th century, including over 1.5 million full-text pages, many complete with images.
  • Coverage: 19th century
  • Alternate Title: Nineteenth Century Historical United States Newspapers

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=2610768

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- about | terms of use - Provides fulltext coverage of magazine, newspaper, and scholarly journals for almost every academic discipline.
  • Coverage: Varies by title

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=4

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African American Newspapers (1827-1998) - about | terms of use - Full text of African American newspapers
  • Coverage: 1827-1998

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=14519596

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African American Periodicals, 1825-1995 - about | terms of use - Searchable, full text articles from more than 170 African American periodicals
  • Coverage: 1825-1995

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=26552939

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African Newspapers - about | terms of use - 40 fully searchable African newspapers published in the 19th and 20th centuries.
  • Coverage: 1800-1922

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=18856352

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African-American Newspapers: The 19th Century - about | terms of use - Database contains the complete text of articles from some of the major African-American newspapers published in the United States during the 19th century.
  • Coverage: selected 19th century

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=59550

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African-American Poetry - about | terms of use - Includes poetry by both well-known and lesser-known African-American poets from 1760-1900.
  • Coverage: 1760-1900

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=11

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Afro-Americana Imprints, 1535-1922 - about | terms of use - A collection of books, pamphlets and broadsides, including many lesser-known imprints, presenting a record of African American history, literature and culture
  • Coverage: 1535-1922

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=30477233

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Alexander Street Literature - about | terms of use - Searchable collection of creative writing of race, place, and gender.
  • Alternate Title: World Literature Online

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=3824631

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AltPressIndexArchive - about | terms of use - This database is a guide to alternative sources of information; international and interdisciplinary in scope.
  • Coverage: 1969- 1990.

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=3240511

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Aluka Digital Library - about | terms of use - A variety of scholarly materials, including archival documents, periodicals, books, reports, manuscripts, and reference works, to three-dimensional models, maps, oral histories, plant specimens, and photographs.

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=3677489

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America: History & Life - about | terms of use - Covers the history of the United States and Canada from pre-history to the present, indexing more than 2000 journals published worldwide, dissertations and reviews.
  • Coverage: 1964-present

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=14

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American History Online - about | terms of use - American History Online provides scholars with access to distributed historical digital library collections.
  • Coverage: 1800 - present

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=4051167

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Anthropology Plus (EBSCO) - about | terms of use - Index of journal articles in anthropology and related fields. The primary index for research in anthropology.
  • Coverage: Late 19th century - present

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=27997640

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Archive of Americana - about | terms of use - Historic American publications, books, broadsides, emphemera, newspapers, dating from as early as 1758 through the 20th Century
  • Coverage: Historic Americana from 1758 to the 20th Century

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=18856349

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Atlanta Daily World (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) - about | terms of use - Full-page digital archive of the Atlanta Daily World.
  • Coverage: 1931-2003
  • Alternate Title: Historical Atlanta Daily World

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=5540935

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Black Drama - about | terms of use - When complete, will contain texts of 1,200 plays (many rare or out of print) written by over 100 playwrights from African diaspora countries.
  • Coverage: 1846 - present

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=59554

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Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century - about | terms of use - Primary source materials from federal agencies and various organizations and individuals
  • Coverage: varies
  • Alternate Title: ProQuest History Vault: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=26062542

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Black Short Fiction - about | terms of use - Works by writers from Africa and the African Diaspora compiled from literary magazines, archives, and the personal collections of the authors, some previously unpublished.
  • Coverage: varies

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=1494404

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Black Thought and Culture - about | terms of use - Non-fiction published works of African American leaders, including interviews, journal articles, speeches, essays, pamphlets, letters, etc.

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=586898

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Black Women Writers - about | terms of use - Full-text works by black women writers from the U.S. (18th century - 1970s), the Caribbean and Africa (second half of the 20th century).
  • Coverage: 1700s-

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=2328558

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Black/African Related Resources
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Blackwell Reference Online - about | terms of use - A collection of over 300 E-reference books in the humanities and social sciences.

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=2856032

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Chicago Defender (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) - about | terms of use - Full page and article images with searchable full text from the Chicago daily defender.
  • Coverage: 1905-1975
  • Alternate Title: Historical Chicago Defender

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=5540932

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Chicago Manual of Style Online - about | terms of use - The electronic version of the classic guide to documentary style. 16th edition

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=2384486

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Chicago Tribune (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) - about | terms of use - The full text of the Chicago Tribune with images of pages and articles; users can search and limit by date and article type.
  • Coverage: 1849-1987
  • Alternate Title: Historical Chicago Tribune

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=1577184

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Credo Reference - about | terms of use - Cross searchable, full text suite of of encyclopedias, dictionaries, guides, companions, atlases, chronologies, and other reference resources
  • Coverage: Varies

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=23223058

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DRAM - about | terms of use - Recordings of American music, including CD quality audio, liner notes and essays from New World, Composers Recordings, and other important labels.
  • Alternate Title: Database of Recorded American Music

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=4203151

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Ethnic NewsWatch - about | terms of use - Articles from newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press in America; full text and searchable in English and Spanish
  • Coverage: 1960-present

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=93

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Federal Surveillance of African Americans, 1920-1984 - about | terms of use - FBI files documenting the scrutiny of African Americans
  • Coverage: 1920-1984

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=13609187

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Gale Virtual Reference Library - about | terms of use - Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=21359195

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Google Books Search - about | terms of use - A tool produced by the Google search engine that searches the contents of books that they have scanned.
  • Coverage: Varies

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=2918985

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Historic Documents Series - about | terms of use - Reproductions of important documents since 1972. Includes how to cite but not how to find the primary document.
  • Coverage: 1972 to present
  • Alternate Title: U.S. Historic Documents Series

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=1954622

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IN Harmony: Sheet Music from Indiana - about | terms of use - Sheet music from the Indiana University Lilly Library, the Indiana State Library, the Indiana State Museum, and the Indiana Historical Society.
  • Alternate Title: IN Harmony

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=5619816

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IngentaConnect - about | terms of use - An index to articles published in more than 29,000 English language journals covering all subjects.
  • Coverage: 1988 to present (varies)

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=126

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International Index to Black Periodicals - about | terms of use - Index to bibliographic citations and abstracts from over 150 scholarly and popular journals, newspapers and newsletters and full-text coverage of 24 core Black Studies periodicals.
  • Coverage: Mixed -- see content notes below

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=131

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IU Press Online - about | terms of use - Electronic books from the Indiana University Press

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=9352989

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- about | terms of use - The Indiana University online catalog.
  • Coverage: Varies

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=38591

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LETRS Database of African American Poetry, 1760-1900
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- about | terms of use - Organized into 5 categories, LexisNexis includes articles from international newspapers, magazines, transcripts, legal research and medical journals.
  • Coverage: varies

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=145

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Liberation Movement in Africa and African America - about | terms of use - FBI surveillance files: African Liberation Support Committee and All African People's Revolutionary Party
  • Coverage: 1970-1985

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=21823580

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Literature Criticism Online - about | terms of use - Online compilation of the Gale literary criticism series.

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=3457829

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Los Angeles Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) - about | terms of use - The full text of the Los Angeles Times, with images of pages and articles; users can search and limit by date and article type.
  • Coverage: 1881-1987
  • Alternate Title: Historical Los Angeles Times

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=1051792

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- about | terms of use - Indexes material in modern languages, literature, linguistics and folklore.
  • Coverage: 1963-

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=159

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New York Amsterdam News (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) - about | terms of use - Full page and article images with searchable full text from the New York Amsterdam news.
  • Coverage: 1922-1993
  • Alternate Title: Historical New York Amsterdam News

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=5540933

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Oxford Journals Online Archives - Humanities - about | terms of use - Backfiles of Oxford University Press humanties journals.
  • Coverage: Varies; first journal issue to the present

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=2918978

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Pittsburgh Courier (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) - about | terms of use - Full page and article images with searchable full text from the Courier.
  • Coverage: 1911-2002
  • Alternate Title: Historical Pittsburgh Courier

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=5540934

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PIVOT - about | terms of use - database of funding opportunities for research
  • Coverage: 1994-

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=25737348

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ProQuest Dissertations and Theses @ CIC Institutions - about | terms of use - ProQuest/UMI's database of dissertations from the 13 universities in the CIC Consortium including the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago.
  • Coverage: 1876 - (citations); 1980 - (abstracts); 1997 - (full text)
  • Alternate Title: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses @ CIC Institutions

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=22295058

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ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: A&I - about | terms of use - Comprehensive source for information on doctoral dissertations from universities in the United States and Canada. It also indexes a small number of master's theses.
  • Coverage: Citations only from 1861- present; from 1980 to present, 350-word abstracts are included on dissertations; from 1988 to present, 150-word abstracts are included on Master's theses; full text is available from 1997 to the present.
  • Alternate Title: Dissertations and Theses

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=73

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ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: UK & Ireland - about | terms of use - Index to dissertations and theses accepted for higher degrees by universities in the United Kingdom and Ireland
  • Coverage: 1716 to the present

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=10712982

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ProQuest Historical Newspapers - about | terms of use - A database of historical newspapers from the United States.
  • Coverage: Varies by title

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=7328040

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Readers Guide Full Text Mega - about | terms of use - A database of articles from popular U.S. and Canadian periodicals on current events, news, popular culture and many other topics.
  • Coverage: Index and abstracts from 1983 to present; full text from 1994 to present.

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=6572988

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
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Selections from The African American Mosaic
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Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive - about | terms of use - Documents concerning slavery and the slave trade
  • Coverage: 17th-20th centuries

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=13737632

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The Papers of Amiri Baraka, Poet Laureate of the Black Power Movement - about | terms of use - Collection of various documents, including literature, concerning Black Power and Amiri Baraka (once known as LeRoi Jones)
  • Coverage: 1913-1998
  • Alternate Title: Papers of Amiri Baraka, Poet Laureate of the Black Power Movement

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=25899287

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Washington Post (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) - about | terms of use - The full text of the Washington Post, with images of pages and articles; users can search and limit by date and article type.
  • Coverage: 1877-1994
  • Coverage: 3/1/2001 - Present
  • ISSN: 0148-2076
  • Collection: Ingenta Online Journals
  • Alternate Title: Historical Washington Post

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=1013726

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World History in Video - about | terms of use - Streaming documentaries will allow students and researchers to explore human history from the earliest civilizations to the late twentieth century.
  • Coverage: Early civilization to late 20th century

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=17462985

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World Newspaper Archive - about | terms of use - A collection of historical newspapers from around the globe.
  • Coverage: 19th century through the 1990's.

  • To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=7799346




last updated: 7/14/2009