At DePaul University, African and Black Diaspora Studies is an interdisciplinary field of study that encourages students to explore the Black experience from a variety of perspectives including but not limited to historical, artistic, sociological, anthropological, and philosophical approaches. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the field, articles can be found across a variety of databases.
Indexes journals in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multicultural studies and education.
Dates Covered: 1887-present.
Database focusing on the study of the historical development of black culture. Includes monographs, essays, articles, speeches, and interviews written by leaders within the black community.
Dates Covered: 1841-present.
Includes Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA), Sociological Abstracts, and the Sociology Database. It covers international literature in sociology and social services, along with related fields and provides full text coverage of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, and more. It forms part of the Social Science Premium Collection.
Dates covered: 1952-present.
Indexes articles from art journals and museum bulletins. Coverage begins 1984; abstracting coverage begins with January 1994; full-text coverage for selected periodicals begins in 1997. Dates Covered: 1984-Present.
A full-text database for theology and philosophy research that includes hundreds of full-text journals and magazines covering many religious and philosophical topics spanning over 100 years, including world religions, religious history, political philosophy and philosophy of language.
A database of modern and contemporary African American poetry, featuring almost 9,000 poems by 62 of the most important African American poets of the last century, including Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, Imamu Amiri Baraka, Audre Lorde and Rita Dove.
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