# John Henrik Clarke Africana Library

**Source**: https://africana.library.cornell.edu/databases/
**Parent**: https://africana.library.cornell.edu/

These are selected online databases. Most are **restricted to the Cornell community**. For additional listing of databases visit, [CUL Databases](http://erms.library.cornell.edu/search~S4).

**Getting Started:**

- [Oxford African American Studies Center](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/7091993)
- [Black Studies Center](http://encompass.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/checkIP.cgi?access=gateway_standard%26url=http://bsc.chadwyck.com)
- [CQ Researcher](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/1908299)

**Biography:**

- [African American Biographical Database](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/7102666)
- [American National Biography](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/3852721)
- [Biography and Genealogy Master Index](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/apg5411)
- [HistoryMakers](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/9628594)

**Current Events, Magazines, and Newspapers:**

- [Academic Search Premier](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/5820912)
- [African American Newspapers](http://infoweb.newsbank.com/?db=EANX&d_collections=EANAAA) (1827-1998)
- [African Newspapers](http://www.crl.edu/collaborative-digitization/world-newspaper-archive/african-newspapers) (CRL)
- [ArticleFirst](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/firs/apw4532)
- *[Chicago Defender/ New York Amsterdam News / Pittsburgh Courier](http://encompass.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/checkIP.cgi?access=gateway_standard&url=http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:bsc:&rft_dat=xri:bsc:screen:newspaper_search)*
- [Cooperative African Newspaper Project](http://www.crl.edu/grn/afrinul)
- [Ethnic Newswatch](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/2086708)
- [Factiva](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/4394263)
- [Accessible Archives](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/6231497)
- [LexisNexis Academic](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/3126641)
- [Research Library](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/umip/aqg6345) (Proquest)

**Education:**

- [ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)](http://www.eric.ed.gov/)
- [ERIC (EBSCO)](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/3117339)

**History:**

- [Accessible Archives](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/6231497)
- [Africa Wide NiPAD](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/5928394)
- [Arts and Humanities Citation Index](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/apz6164) (Web of Science)
- [Black Literature Index](http://encompass.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/checkIP.cgi?access=gateway_standard&url=http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:bsc:&rft_dat=xri:bsc:screen:bli_search)
- [JSTOR](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/jsto/2900365)
- [Cambridge Journals Online](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/3910147)
- [HarpWeek: Electronic Access to Harper’s Weekly](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/3444775) (1857-1912)
- [International Index to Black Periodicals](http://encompass.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/checkIP.cgi?access=gateway_standard%26url=http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:bsc:&rft_dat=xri:bsc:screen:journal_search)
- [Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS)](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/6299594)
- [Historical Abstracts](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/arj2891)
- [Making of America](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/moap/arn7566)
- [Periodicals Index Online](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/anw8003)
- [ProQuest History Vault](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/8314677)
- [Sage Race Relations Abstracts](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/6264500)
- [Slavery & Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/8513280)
- [Social Sciences Citation](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/apz6164) (Web of Science)
- [The Sixties Primary Documents and Personal Narratives 1960-1974](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/7103324)

**Library Catalogs:**

- [WorldCat](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/firs/apx4196)
- [Library Catalogs World Wide](http://cornell.worldcat.org/)
- [Library of Congress Online Catalog](http://catalog.loc.gov/)

**Literature:**

- [Africa Knowledge Project](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/7311524)
- [Black Drama](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/4247915)
- [Caribbean Literature](http://encompass.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/checkIP.cgi?access=gateway_standard%26url=http://cali.alexanderstreet.com)
- [Database of African American Poetry](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/asa9796)
- [Database of Twentieth Century African American Poetry](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/asa9800)
- [Literature Resource Center](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/3340975)
- [Marshall Index](http://encompass.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/checkIP.cgi?access=gateway_standard&url=http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:bsc:&rft_dat=xri:bsc:screen:journal_search)
- [MLA International Bibliography](http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/search/advanced?sid=a41f7d71-5b4e-4764-a251-dc06889b9e5a%40sessionmgr4004&vid=0&hid=4112)

**Medicine:**

- [Medline](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/firs/apx2407)
- [PubMed](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/apw3190)

**Music:**

- [Music Index Online](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/arz9009)
- [RILM Abstracts of Music Literature](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/apz4098)

**Political Science/Government:**

- [PAIS International](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/3048318)

**Publishers Catalogs:**

- [Bowker’s Books in Print](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/3987162)

**Psychology:**

- [PsycINFO](http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/2351079)

NOTE: Some of these titles can fit into more than one category. When in doubt, check the “more info” link besides the title. If you are unable to establish a direct link to a database from this page, please try to access it from the [CUL Databases](http://erms.library.cornell.edu/search~S4) page.