Multi-Cultural Online Resources
Multi-Cultural Online Resources
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Academic Search (EBSCO) rovides fulltext coverage of magazine, newspaper, and scholarly journals for almost every academic discipline. Coverage: Varies by title
Access UN index to current and retrospective United Nations documents and publications Coverage: 1944 to the present
Access UNDP Index to the United Nations Development Programme Project reports issued from 1972-1998. Coverage: 1972-1998
African-American Newspapers: The 19th Century Database containing the complete text of the major African-American newspapers published in the United States during the 19th century. Coverage: selected 19th century
African-American Poetry Includes poetry by both well-known and lesser-known African-American poets from 1760-1900. Coverage: 1760-1900
Alt-Press Watch provides a collection of newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press. Coverage: 1995+
America: History and Life 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
Annals of American History Colllection of 2,000 primary sources documents and 700 multimedia pieces searchable by timeline, author, topics or keyword on history and culture of the United States. Coverage: 1493-present
Asian American Drama Begins with the works of Sadakichi Hartmann in the late nineteenth century and is planned to include contemporary playwrights? productions, related biographical and theatrical information. Coverage: 1891 - present
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Bibliography of Asian Studies Contains record of research and scholarly literature on Asia written in Western languages; includes books, journal articles, conference presentations, chapters in edited volumes, etc. Coverage: 1971-
Bibliography of Native North Americans (EBSCO) Includes citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents pertaining to native North American culture, history, and life.
Black Drama 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
Black Short Fiction
Black Thought and Culture
British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries Collection of British and Irish women's personal writings spanning over 400 years. Coverage: 1500-1900
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Chicano Database Covers Mexican-American topics and the broader Latino experience of Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Central American immigrants. Coverage: 1967 to present
Contemporary Women's Issues (CWI) A multidisciplinary, full-text database of articles about issues that influence women's lives around the world. Coverage: 1992 -
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Provides content from reference works, monographs, and primary documents that describes the daily lives of people throughout history. Coverage: varies
--> Defining Gender Online Searchable full-text of advice literature covering household management, education, leisure, shoppping, sexuality, consumption and sport. Coverage: 1450-1910
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Early Encounter in North America Searchable text of letters, diaries, memoirs and other accounts of early contacts between Europeans and Native Americans in North America. Coverage: 15th century-19th century
Ethnic NewsWatch Articles from newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press in America on news, culture and history. searchable in English and Spanish. Coverage: 1960-present
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GenderWatch Full text database with a focus on how gender impacts a variety of subject areas. Coverage: 1970 to current
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Handbook of Latin American Studies scholarly evaluations of books, book chapters, articles, and conference papers in the field of Latin American Studies published worldwide since 1990. Coverage: 1990 to present
HAPI: Hispanic American Periodicals Index indexes articles from scholarly journals on Latin America, the United States-Mexico border region and Hispanics in the United States Coverage: 1970-
Heritage Quest Family and local history resources including access to manuscript census records for the United States. Coverage: 1790 to 1950's
HRAF: Human Relations Area Files Searchable full-text ethnographies on hundreds of ethnic, cultural, religious, and national groups worldwide. Coverage: Varies
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Index Islamicus The primary, international classified bibliography of publications in European languages on all aspects of Islam and the Muslim world, extensive name and subject indices. Coverage: 1906-
Informe! (English Interface) Indexing, full-text and images of Spanish-language magazines and pamphlets. Spanish thesaurus and interface. Searching in both Spanish and English. Bilingual citations. Coverage: 1996 - present
Informe! (Spanish Interface) Indexing, full-text and images of Spanish-language magazines and pamphlets. Spanish thesaurus and interface. Searching in both Spanish and English. Bilingual citations. Coverage: 1996 - present
International Index to Black Periodicals 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
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JSTOR Provides searchable full-text of historical runs of important scholarly journals in the humanities, arts, sciences, ecology, and business. Coverage: From the first issue of each journal up to 3-5 years ago
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Latin American Periodicals Table of Contents (LAPTOC) a searchable database that provides access to the tables of contents of more than 800 humanities and social science journals, published in Latin America. Coverage: 1990-
Latino Literature a comprehensive online collection of prose, theatre, and poetry written by authors of Hispanic background working in the U.S. Includes text, pictures, and performance materials. Coverage: Mostly 1960s to present; selected materials from 19th-century are included.
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Middle Eastern and Central Eurasian Studies A systematic, non-evaluative bibliographic index of research, policy, and scholarly discourse on the countries and peoples of the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa. Coverage: 1900 & ealier - Present
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North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and Oral Histories Full text of letters, diaries, autobiographies, and oral histories of immigrants to America and Canada. Covers 1840 to present, but heaviest focus is on 1920-1980. Coverage: 1840 to present
North American Women's Drama
North American Women's Letters and Diaries Searchable full text of letters and diaries of hundreds of North American women, from the 16th century to 1950. Coverage: 16th century-1950
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Population Index on the Web Web access to Population Index, reference source offering citations and links to demographic and population literature. Coverage: 1986 to 2000
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Women Writers Online Contains approximately 200 texts written by women in English from 1400-1850. Coverage: 1400-1850
Citations to articles, books, films, pamphlets, and other publications about women and feminism. Coverage: 1610--->
