Databases
Search or browse for databases across all subject areas. Databases are collections of scholarly resources, such as articles, journals, videos, images, primary source materials, and more. We also recommend using Omni, our academic search tool, to quickly find individual titles across the library's collection.
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How to access online resources | Acceptable use of online resources
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How to access online resources | Acceptable use of online resources
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Abolitionist Newspapers of the 1850s | Ontario has a rich history of black publishing. Three significant publications are available through the Abolitionist Newspapers of the 1850s portal: The Voice of the Fugitive; The Provincial Freeman, and The True... | Connect |
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African American Music Reference | Coverage of blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, gospel, and other forms of black American musical expression through biography, discography, editorial, encyclopedia,... | Connect |
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Black Drama - 1850 to Present | Contains approximately 1,200 plays by 200 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. The database also includes selected playbills,... | Connect |
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Black Studies Center | Combines several resources for research and teaching in Black Studies: Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index to Black Periodicals (IIBP), The Chicago Defender, and the Black Literature Index.... | Connect |
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Black Thought and Culture | Contains 1,297 sources with 1,098 authors, covering the non-fiction published works of leading African Americans. Where possible the complete published non-fiction works are included, as well as interviews, journal... | Connect |
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Black Women Writers | Offering fiction, poetry, and essays from three continents and 20 countries, the database gives a view of black women's struggles through time. New content is uploaded on a biweekly basis, giving users immediate... | Connect |
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Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice, 1490-2007 | A resource on trans-Atlantic slavery and abolition brings together original manuscript and rare printed material from dozens of libraries and archives across the Atlantic world. Documents are presented alongside... | Connect |
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