LibGuides: Book Reviews: Black Studies

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Africa-Wide Information
Combines bibliographic databases from around the world to form a multidisciplinary aggregation covering all facets of Africa and African Studies. Coverage: 16th century - present

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A fully cross-searchable gateway to Black Studies including scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspaper articles, reference books, and much more. It combines essential resources for research and teaching in Black Studies, including The Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, Index to Black Periodicals Full Text, Black Literature Index, and the Chicago Defender historical newspaper from 1912-1975. More about this database

Africana Journal
Location: Scott Stacks (Z 3503 A47)
Coverage: 1974 - 1998

Devoted to all areas of African culture. Contains numerous book reviews. See "Index to Book Reviews" either at beginning or end of bound volumes.
Index to Black Periodicals
Location: Scott Storage (Z 1361 N39 I55)
Coverage: 1984 - 2004 (Index to Black Periodicals)
Coverage: 1973 - 1983 (Index to Periodical Articles By and About Blacks)
Coverage: 1950 - 1972 (Index to Periodical Articles By and About Negroes)

Indexes approximately 30 black American journals. The Index and its predecessors (all available at the same call number) include reviews of books written by black authors or about black issues. Reviews in all volumes are found under the heading "Book Reviews". Before 1970, they are listed alphabetically by the author's name. After 1970, they are listed alphabetically by title.