Africana Studies at Northeastern University
Africana Studies at Northeastern Africana Studies is a truly global and interdisciplinary degree. College graduates with Africana Studies degrees have become doctors, lawyers, entertainers, politicians, public health professionals, diplomats, professors, astronauts, journalists, engineers, artists, poets, executives, entrepreneurs, and more!
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Take a look at the Co-op to Career page for how-to resources
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Academic Video Online (AVON) offers videos of interest to a broad range of disciplines, including significant coverage of criminology, law, and criminal justice.
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Key Resources
Sage Research Methods is an online colllection of reference tools, handbooks, manuals, videos and project planners about research. Sage Research Methods has a help guide
Starting your research and need some background information?
- International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition which covers concepts such as race relations, discrimination, race and urban planning.
- International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest browse the essays on revolution and protest. For a more comprehensive search of the publisher resources, use the box at the top to search the entire Wiley Online Library -- books, chapters, journals and articles.
NOTE: use quotation marks to focus the search on the name of the movement.
Looking for information about African countries? Check the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) database/
CQ Researcher with in-depth, unbiased coverage of topics such as health care, death penalty, race and ethnicity. Helpful research tools include a timeline, pros/cons discussion and links to related issues.
Biography in Context has reference, academic and magazine articles and links to curated websites.
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Social Sciences Premium combines a number of databases, including IBSS, Social Services Abstracts, PAIS and Sociological Abstracts for searching for abstracts and full text.
Need news articles?
African Newspapers, 1800-1922 (World Newspaper Archive) accesses 70 historical newspapers throughout Africa.
Looking for Country Information:
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) with country analysis, risk analysis and industry analysis
Europa World Plus includes the reference work, Africa: South of the Sahara
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Digital Resource
Google Cultural Institute -- Black History and Culture
A treasure trove of online black history and culture, including
