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FINDING ARTICLES
Databases allow you to search for articles about your topic. They show you information about an article: the title, author, and name of the journal or magazine the article appeared in. This is called the citation. Some databases also contain an abstract, or summary, of the article.
Many databases also include the articles themselves (called the full text of the article). When that happens, you should see a link to an HTML or PDF document. If you do not see a link, click on
this will check the other library databases for the full text of the article.
Some databases also have information about other types of resources: sometimes they have information about books, book chapters, government documents, and other things.
African Studies Databases
- allAfrica• Aggregating, producing and distributing news and information from over 140 African news organizations
• Content is in both English and French and is updated daily - Black Studies Center• Scholarly journal articles, newspaper articles, images, and more
Features:
• Categorical results
• Search history
- Cambridge Histories Online: Africa• Collection of online searchable books covering African history from early civilizations until 1975
Other Helpful Databases
- Academic Search Ultimate• Giant database covering a variety of disciplines, including African American Studies
Features:
• PlumX Metrics (tracks citation, usage, and capture data for individual articles)
• Newswires
• Related images (when available) - Daily Life Through History• Full of primary sources, encyclopedia entries, and more
Features:
• Search tips
• Topic center - GenderWatch• Focuses on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas
• Academic and scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, booklets, pamphlets, conference proceedings, government, NGO and special reports, some of which are available full text
Features:
• Citation tool
• Citation maps
• Save your recent searches - JSTOR• Provides full-text backfiles of many of the core research and society published journals in economics, business, history, political science, and sociology.
Features:
• Text Analyzer
• Thesaurus - World Folklore and Folklife• Explores folklore holiday traditions, festivals, language, stories, and fairy tales, proverbs, food traditions, and folk remedies that define our society and our place within it
• Mostly encyclopedic and dictionary entries on figures but, depending on your topic, original tales, multimedia, maps, and/or other miscellaneous resources are available
• Articles are available on some broader topics such as “oral tradition” or “Arab folklore”
Features:
• Related Resources provide materials such as pictures and websites related to your current inquiry
• Good for a broad search of a subject. Not great for searching an obscure folk term, but the Browse capability is easy to use
Subjects: Africana Studies
- Last Updated: Nov 14, 2024 12:38 PM
- URL: https://libguides.gvsu.edu/africanstudies
