Databases & E-Reference Materials

Lists African-American actors and performers with starring, regular, or key roles in television series, made-for-television movies, and miniseries. Also lists key productions with African-American casts or African-American themes in all genres, including sports, documentaries, and other broadcasts. African-American news and sports anchors and reporters on network broadcasts are also listed. Covers national television through its early days up to 2005.

Searches the full text of twelve historical newspapers: Atlanta Daily World, Chicago Defender, Chicago Tribune, Guardian and Observer, Los Angeles Sentinel, Los Angeles Times, New York Amsterdam News, New York Times, Norfolk Journal and Guide, Pittsburgh Courier, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.

Topics ranging from migration and health to crime and the Confederate States of America are each placed in historical context by a recognized expert in the field. Source for quantitative facts of American history. Downloadable and customizable to suit individual areas of interest.

Searches the full text of the Atlanta Daily World, Chicago Defender, Los Angeles Sentinel, New York Amsterdam News, Norfolk Journal and Guide, and Pittsburgh Courier.

Covers the history of science, technology, and medicine and their influence on culture. Materials indexed include journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations. Integrates four bibliographies: the Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science, the Current Bibliography in the History of Technology (technology and culture), the Bibliografia Italiana di Storia della Scienza, and the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine.

This open access database is a collection of primary resources documenting the artistic response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The collection focuses on a global perspective and representation of communities who have remained in the margins. Documents within the collection include sheet music, photographs, visual art, playbills and production notes, and personal letters. This collection is actively being developed and new material is added on a regular basis. 

Detailed how-to instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of hobby enthusiasts. This database includes full text magazines, reference books, recipes, hobby profiles, and videos covering a variety of hobbies including arts and crafts, collecting, gardening, indoor and outdoor recreation, needlecrafts, papercrafts, model building, performing arts, and science and technology.

Provides detailed, user-friendly "how-to" information covering a variety of home improvement and repair projects. Thousands of repairs are available in the areas of outdoor projects, electrical projects, remodeling projects, plumbing projects, and maintenance. Some full text is available, as well as videos.

This bibliographic database is an index of journal articles and book reviews covering the humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary fields. Subjects include anthropology, art, communication, law, music, sociology, gender studies, environmental studies, performing arts, political science, urban studies, international relations, criminal justice, and more. 

A dictionary of the religious and mythological themes and symbols that have influenced Western painting and sculpture.