UNT Dallas Library: African & African American Studies : Getting Started

About This Guide

Welcome to the African & African American Studies Research Guide!

This guide serves as a starting point for your research in African & African American Studies. Its intention is not to present an exhaustive inventory of all related resources, but rather to highlight essential materials available in the library, both in print and electronic formats.

Guide Navigation

Use the menu to the left side of this guide to navigate to each page of information and resources.

Key Databases for African & African American Studies Research

Start your research here:

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Find information from academic peer-reviewed journals, periodicals, reports, books, and more.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
The database provides access to archived backfiles of journals in the arts and sciences, business, language and literature, science, ecology, botany, and music. Users can access full-text content beginning with the first volume of some journals although recent volumes may or may not be included. Content ranges from 1890 to the present.
Middle East & Africa Database This link opens in a new window
Provides ongoing full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in many Middle Eastern and African countries. Major subject areas of study are represented, including business, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities. Also a part of ProQuest Central.
Race Relations Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Race Relations Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to race relations, including ethnic studies, discrimination, immigration studies, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains more than 49,500 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline.

Search Multiple Databases at Once

Major online database companies like Ebsco and ProQuest offer many diverse databases; you can, however, search all of their databases at once.

Ebsco EDS This link opens in a new window
Ebsco EDS provides users with a streamlined search of multiple databases through a single search box.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
Periodical resource that includes major subject areas, including Business, Health and Medical, Language and Literature, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, as well as core titles in the Performing and Visual Arts, History, Religion, Philosophy, and includes thousands of full-text newspapers from around the world (Access: Wall Street Journal and New York Times).