Research Guides: African American History: Article Databases

Library Tools

Electronic Book Center OhioLINK This link opens in a new window
Contains the full texts of thousands of scholarly and reference e-books from several publishers, covering many subject areas.
OhioLINK Library Catalog This link opens in a new window
A combined catalog of millions of books and other library materials from many of Ohio's universities, colleges, community colleges, and the State Library of Ohio.
EBSCO Electronic Journal Finder (OhioLINK) This link opens in a new window
Use the EBSCO Electronic Journal Finder to determine whether a particular journal (and article) is available online through OhioLINK.
Electronic Journal Center (EJC) This link opens in a new window
Contains full text articles from more than 10,000 academic journals from top scholarly publishers, academic societies, and university presses. The EJC covers a wide range of disciplines and contains just published scientific research as well as historical journal articles.

World Book Advanced
More than 1.3 million pages of primary source documents, books, documents, and selections fully integrated with the encyclopedia content. Research and teaching tools include timelines, citation builder, and saved research.

Historical Statistics of the United States
The standard source for the quantitative facts of American history, HSUS provides data on social, behavioral, humanistic, and natural sciences including history, economics, government, finance, sociology, demography, education, law, natural resources, climate, religion, international migration, and trade - quantitative facts of American History.

America: History and Life with Full Text
Covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.
American Periodicals Series Online
Page images of 1,100+ historic American magazines, journals, and newspapers published 1740-1940. These resources illuminate the development of American culture, politics, and society across some 150 years. Search by author, source, and words in the complete text.
Humanities International Complete
Provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracting for over 1,900 titles, and full text of hundreds of journals books and other publications in the humanities.
New York Times (1980 - current)
Full-text coverage of the US newspaper. Offers superb coverage of national and international news, plus coverage of important speeches and documents, Supreme Court decisions, and presidential press conference transcripts.
Oxford African American Studies Center
Reference works focusing on the lives and events that have shaped African American and African history and culture.

Credo Reference
An easy to use resource for starting your research. Provides background information from dictionaries and encyclopedias on a wide array of topics ranging from Art to Technology. Wiki alternative