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This is a brief guide to assist you in finding materials for your Africana Studies research projects.
If you need further assistance with your Library research, please feel free to contact us using the Need Help link on the left!
Some topics you might want to consider or explore are listed below.
If you're still trying to come up with topics, this online exhibit from the New York Public Library, Africana Age, offers some inspiration.
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African Americans -- Politics and government (URI Libraries Search)Link to results of URI Libraries Search for the subject African Americans -- Politics and government.
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African Americans -- Relations with Africans (URI Libraries Search)Link to results of URI Libraries Search for the subject African Americans -- Relations with Africans.
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African diaspora (URI Libraries Search)Link to results of URI Libraries Search for African diaspora.
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Anticolonialism (URI Libraries Search)Link to results of URI Libraries Search for Anticolonialism.
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Black Nationalism (URI Libraries Search)Link to results of URI Libraries Search for Black Nationalism.
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Pan-African Congress (URI Libraries Search)Link to results of URI Libraries Search for Pan-African Congress.
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Pan-Africanism (URI Libraries Search)Link to results of URI Libraries Search for Pan-Africanism.
Scholarly Articles
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America: History and Life (EBSCOhost)Indexing and abstracts of journal articles and other materials on the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. 1895-. Updated monthly.
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Historical Abstracts (EBSCOhost)Indexing and abstracts of journal articles and other materials on the history of countries other than the United States and Canada from 1450 to the present. 1953-. Updated monthly.
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PAIS Index (ProQuest)Indexing of journal articles, books, government publications, research & conference reports, publications of international agencies, and other materials from over 120 countries. Covers topics related to public affairs, public and social policies, and international relations. 1914-. Updated monthly.
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Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest)Covers the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Citations and abstracts for journals, books, dissertations, and conference papers in areas such as social structure, inequality, social change, and social problems. 1952-. Updated monthly.
