Africana Studies

Get Inspired with Making of the Modern World, 1450-1914

Writing a paper in history, political science, economics or cultural studies?  Try searching in SBU Libraries’ Making of the Modern World, 1450-1914 (Gale).  Find searchable books, serials, pamphlets, and essays from around the world that tell the story of four pivotal centuries in the West.  Special emphases include trade and

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Enhance Your Research with Sabin Americana (ProQuest)

The Sabin Americana database offers searchable, full-text access to thousands of archival documents from North, South, and Central America, as well as the Caribbean, from 1500 to 1926.  Use it to enhance your research in history, cultural studies, religion, literature, and more.  Gain insight into issues related to social and

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Black History Month 2016

Black History Month (February 1 through 29) is a wonderful opportunity to navigate resources in the Melville Library which describe the multitude of events, places and contributions of peoples of African descent!  The following electronic sources are rich in content and provide ready reference and research information.  Enjoy! African American Newspapers (1827-1998) – This

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“My Alma mater was books”

“My Alma mater was books, a good library…I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity”  — Malcom X February is African-American History Month. Stony Brook University Libraries offers many resources for research in Africana Studies. The collection includes print and electronic materials, journals, databases and

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Spotlight: Ethnic NewsWatch

A resource of full text coverage of newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic,  minority and native presses in America. Includes primary source material, unique community publications, as well as articles from scholarly journals on ethnicities and ethnic studies. Ethnic NewsWatch covers 1990- present and Ethnic NewsWatch: A History spans 1959-1989. 

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Spotlight: Project MUSE

Project MUSE is a leading provider of digital humanities and social sciences content; its electronic journal collections support a wide array of research. MUSE is a source of complete, full-text versions of scholarly journals from many of the world’s leading university presses and scholarly societies, with over 120 publishers currently participating. Go

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Project Muse Premium

Project Muse is a scholarly database similar to JSTOR that offers full-text versions of over 600 peer-reviewed journals from many of the world’s leading university presses and scholarly societies. Subject areas include: Area and Ethnic Studies; Art and Architecture; Creative Writing; Education; Film, Theater, and Performing Arts; History; Language and

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DATABASE TRIAL: British Records on the Atlantic World, 1700-1900

British Records on the Atlantic World, 1700-1900 focuses on the two centuries of Britain’s colonial, missionary, commercial and literary relations with Africa and the Americas. The database contains 14 collections of rare primary source documents, with the total number of images at almost 300,000. British Records on the Atlantic World,

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