Guide to BIPOC musicians and related literature
This guide supports research on the musical traditions and scholarship of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) individuals and groups.
Databases
Databases are places to search for literature relating to a particular subject. Below is a curated list of databases related to BIPOC music and musicians. Utilize our Search Tips on these sites. Organized in alphabetical order.
- Africa CommonsA project to digitize, disseminate, and discover African cultural materials. Our aim is to enable Africa easily to control and access its archival riches—those within Africa and items residing internationally. We help preserve African content and enable African scholars easily to find and access expressions of their heritage in Western collections.
- Africa-Wide Information This link opens in a new windowNews sources, scholarly articles, books, research reports, theses, and grey literature by and about Africa and Africans.
- African American Music Reference This link opens in a new windowContains books, scores, and audio-visual materials from a variety of genres including Blues, Country and Bebop.
- Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples of North America This link opens in a new windowCovers Native North American culture, history, and life. It contains eBooks, essays, journal, magazine and news articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada.
- Black Studies Center This link opens in a new window
Website of both historical and current information for research on African Americans, the wider African Diaspora, and Africa itself.
- Caribbean Search This link opens in a new windowCaribbean Search is a research database of full-text content pertaining to the countries and people of the Caribbean. Covering all areas of Caribbean study, it includes full-text journals, magazines, newspapers, reports and reference books.
- First Nations Information Connection This link opens in a new windowAn initiative of the University of Alberta Libraries in collaboration with First Nations institutions. Provides access to a collection of culturally significant web resources. Most resources are also accessible to the general public.
- Indigenous Peoples: North America This link opens in a new windowMonograph, manuscript, newspaper, periodical, and photograph collections related to Indigenous North American history.
- Indigenous Studies Portal This link opens in a new windowFull-text articles, ebooks, theses, and government publications, with a primary focus on Indigenous peoples of Canada and a secondary focus on North American materials and beyond.
- Sabinet African Journals.This service is the most comprehensive, searchable collection of full-text African electronic journals available on one platform which focuses on information originating from or pertaining to Africa.
Sabinet African Journals encompasses the breadth and depth of African research content by offering the most comprehensive, searchable collection of full-text African electronic journals available on one platform. This service, which is easy to use and accessible anytime and anywhere, is a growing service — over 600 journal titles in 10 collections are available for individuals, corporates, universities, government departments, research institutions and law firms. Sabinet African Journals offers a user-friendly platform and encourages research efficacy. All international journal standards and statistics are adhered to and various business models are available.
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new windowCitation information and abstracts for international research, including journals, books, book chapters, reviews, and dissertations.
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