Article databases
- Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new windowA multi-disciplinary source for journal articles. One strategy: perform a broad keyword search, then use limiters such as "peer-reviewed" to focus in on more relevant results. Good for book reviews. Comparable to Google Scholar but with additional features.
- Brepolis Medieval and Early Modern Bibliographies This link opens in a new window1968-current. Multi-disciplinary. Indexes journal articles (over 4,000 journals covered) and books on the Medieval period in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Includes the Bibliographie de Civilisation Médiévale, which is drawn from the bibliographies published in the Cahiers de Civilisation Médiévale from 1958-2003, and includes over 40,000 titles.
- Historical Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window1954-present. Journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations on all aspects of world history, excluding North America, from 1450. Includes links to the full text of some articles. Complements America: History and Life.
- Index Islamicus This link opens in a new window1906-present. Identifies journal articles, books, book chapters, and conference proceedings in European languages on all aspects of Islam and the Muslim world.
- ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials This link opens in a new window1949-present. Identifies journal articles and chapters from essay collections on all aspects of Religious Studies. Indexing for some journal titles extends back into the 19th century.
- ProQuest Black Studies Center This link opens in a new windowInternational Index to Black Periodicals (1900-present) and Marshall Index (1940-1946): 1902-present. Identifies articles on all aspects of Black studies, in journals from North America, Africa, and the Caribbean. Part of the Black Studies Center. Includes the Marshall Index, which covers 1940-1946.
- African Studies Centre Database (Leiden) This link opens in a new windowMulti-disciplinary. The catalog of the African Studies Centre in Leiden, which lists over 80,000 books, over 85,000 journal articles, as well as African newspapers, government reports, grey literature, and motion pictures. Includes annotated citations to journal articles and listing of books chapters from works acquired since 1988.
- Bibliography of Africana Periodical Literature This link opens in a new windowSix databases: Africana Periodical Literature, African Women, Search Women Travelers to Africa, Islam in Africa, Kenya Coast, and Water in Africa. Files can be searched separately, or together through AfricaBib.
- International African Bibliography = Bibliographie internationale africaineQuarterly bibliography, began as a section in the journal Africa. Became a separate publication in 1971. For pre-2001 issues, consult the print edition. Indexes publications from 1929-present.
- Africa BibliographyAnnual bibliography of African Studies. Identifies books, essays, and articles in the social sciences, environmental sciences, humanities, and fine arts. Began as a catalog of publications received by the Edinburgh University Library and the International African Institute. Not useful for identifying government documents. Indexes publications from 1984-present.
Full Text Journal Collections
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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The full text of over 1,500 scholarly journals, with coverage back to the first issue for each, in some cases as far back as the 17th century. Recent issues of most journals in this database are embargoed by journal publishers, so to be certain you are also identifying the most recent publications, use an article index like Historical Abstracts or America: History, and Life. - Project Muse This link opens in a new windowOver 600 scholarly journals, with emphasis on recent ten years of issues. Originally intended as a complement to JSTOR.
