Research Guides: Black Canadian Studies: Encyclopedias, Journals and Databases

Starting points

Oxford Bibliographies in African Studies
Authoritative guide providing concise treatment of large topics and a list of additional resources for further research
Oxford Bibliographies in African American Studies
Offers peer-reviewed annotated bibliographies on key areas of African American Studies including culture, politics, law, history, society, religion, and economics.
Africa Bibliography
The premier journal devoted to the study of African societies and culture

Databases

AJOL (African Journals Online)
Indexing platform of quality African-published scholarly journals
Africa Wide Information
A multidisciplinary index for research and publications by Africans and about Africa
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Includes news sources, scholarly articles, books, research reports, theses, and grey literature
Africa Bibliography: Cambridge Journals
The Africa Bibliography covers all regions of Africa and includes a wide range of material: monographs, chapters in edited volumes, journal articles, and pamphlets.
American Race Relations: Global Perspectives, 1940-1996
Black Studies Center
Includes full-text of African-American newspapers such as the Chicago Defender.
Adam Matthew: Black Thought and Culture
PERIOD COVERED: 1700 - 1960
Contains 1,303 sources with 1,210 authors, covering the non-fiction published works of African Americans.
The collection begins with the works of Frederick Douglass and is targeted to include the works of W.E.B. Du Bois, Carter G. Woodson, Alain Locke, Mary McLeod Bethune, Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph Bunche, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr.
Black Studies Center - Newspapers
[ProQuest]
— Atlanta Daily World, 1931-2003
— Baltimore Afro-American, 1893-1986
— Chicago Defender, 1910-1975
— Cleveland Call and Post, 1934-1991
— Daily Defender, 1956-1975
— Los Angeles Sentinel, 1934-2005
— Michigan Chronicle, 1939–2010
— New York Amsterdam News, 1922-1994
— Norfolk New Journal and Guide, 1916-2003
— Philadelphia Tribune, 1912-2001
— Pittsburgh Courier, 1911-2002
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Scholarly essays, recent journal articles, historical newspaper articles, reference books, and other sources for the study of the African Diaspora.

General Journal Indexes

CPI.Q: Canadian Periodicals
Canadian academic journals and business magazines, with select full-text articles from 1983. Includes some French magazine titles.
Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database
Full-text access to research providing a Canadian perspective on topics including agriculture, business and economics, education, government and politics, health sciences, history, literature, medical sciences, social sciences, and more.
America: History & Life (EBSCO)
Research on the history and culture of the United States and Canada, with select full-text access.
Black Studies Center Historical Newspapers
Scholarly essays, recent journal articles, historical newspaper articles, reference books, and other sources for the study of the African Diaspora.
CBCA Education
Libris Canadiana

Periodicals @ Other Toronto Area Libraries

Many of the following do not have complete issues.

Africana
Toronto : Cercle Afro-Canadien de l'Ontario.
At Toronto Reference Library
Africa Speaks
Published in Toronto.
At Toronto Reference Library.
Akili
North York, Ont. : Centre for African-Canadian Studies.
At Scott Library, York University
Black focus
Toronto : Black Resources and Information Centre.
At Toronto Reference Library
Black Images
The Canadian Negro
Caribbean Camera
Dawn of Tomorrow
London, Ont.
At Scott Library, York University.
Some issues also at the University of Toronto Libraries.
Glory Magazine
Toronto, Ont. : J. Kelly Pub.
At Scott Library, York University.
List of periodicals at York University
Planet Africa
Toronto Public Library
Pride
Toronto Public Library
Share
Toronto, Ont. : Share Communications of Toronto
At Toronto Reference Library and Scott Library, York University. Current issues are available at many TPL branches.
Spear
Toronto Reference Library
West Indian News Observer
Toronto, Win Pub. Co.
Superceded by Contrast.
At Scott Library, York University.

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