Research Guides: African Diaspora & African Literatures: Electronic Full Text Databases

Electronic Texts

African American biographical database, 1790-1950 (Alexandria, VA: Chadwyck-Healey, Inc; Ann Arbor, Mich.: ProQuest)
African American music reference (Chicago: Alexander Street Press, LLC;)
African-American newspapers, 1827-1998. With updates every two years. (Chester, VT: Readex)
African-American periodicals, 1825-1995. (Chester, VT: Readex; Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society)
African Writers Series ([Ann Arbor, Mich.] : Chadwyck-Healey : Proquest Information and Learning Co.)
Afro-Americana imprints, 1535-1922 (Naples, FL: Readex; Philadelphia, PA: Library Company of Philadelphia)
Alexander Street Literature and Proquest
You can search across these collections -or- separately:
- Black Drama, 1850 to the Present. (Chicago: Alexander Street Press, LLC; The University of Chicago, Illinois)
- Black Short Fiction & Folklore. (Chicago: Alexander Street Press, LLC; The University of Chicago, Illinois) --via ProQuest
- Black Women Writers. (Chicago: Alexander Street Press, LLC; The University of Chicago, Illinois) --via ProQuest
- Caribbean literature. (Chicago: Alexander Street Press, LLC) --via ProQuest
Corpus de la première littérature francophone d'Afrique noire, écrite et orale, des origines aux indépendances, fin 18e siècle--1960. (Paris : Classiques Garnier Numérique) ***A small selection of 19th and early 20th century African and colonial French texts.
Dictionary of literary biography. (Detroit, Michigan: Gale Group)
Digital Library of the Caribbean (Florida International University, Miami ; University of Florida, Gainesville)
Selected Caribbean cultural, historical and research materials held in archives, libraries, and private collections, including newspapers.
Ethnic newswatch, 1960 to present. (Ann Arbor, Mich.: ProQuest Information & Learning)
Historical black newspapers: 20th century. (Ann Arbor, Mich.: ProQuest)
The HistoryMakers (Chicago, IL : HistoryMakers, 199--)
"An oral history video archive...dedicated to preserving African American history, education, music, law, the arts, science, technology, media, medicine, entertainment, fashion&beauty, business, the military, politics and sports..."
Search "Africa" in Title
JSTOR-African American Studies : scholarly journal archive. (New York: JSTOR)
See also:
- African Studies
- Latin American Studies
Literature criticism online. (Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale)
Literature Online. (Proquest Information and Learning Co.)
For African or African American literatures...search by "Literature collections"
Notre librarie, 1969-2006. (Paris: CulturesFrance; via Gallica Periodicals)
OpenEdition: un portail de ressources électroniques en sciences humaines et sociales. (Paris)
Persée: portail de revues scientifiques en sciences humaines et sociales. ([Paris]: Aliacom;
Lyon: Université Lumière Lyon 2, pour le Ministère de l'éducation nationale, de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche, 2004-)