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Secondary Sources - Journal Articles

MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
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Access to the bibliography of journal articles, books, and dissertations from the Modern Language Association, 1926-present.
1926-present; the MLA International Bibliography is a bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. The electronic version of the bibliography contains over 1.5 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book publishers.
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
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Provides full-text access to nearly 4,700 journals, including 3,600 peer-reviewed journals
Current; multidisciplinary full text database, designed for the academic community. Includes full text coverage for just under 4,700 journals, including 3,600 peer-reviewed journals.
Black Women Writers This link opens in a new window
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Black Women Writers presents 100,000 pages of literature and essays on feminist issues, written by authors from Africa and the African diaspora.
Cuban Periodicals: Cultural Magazines Published by Casa de las Amricas, 1960-2009 This link opens in a new window
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Primary source collection of Casa, Conjunto, Boletin de Musica and Anales del Caribe magazines published by Casa de las Americas in Havana, Cuba, 1960-2009.
1960-2009; this primary source collection gives access to the archives of four cultural magazines published by Casa de las Amricas in Havana, Cuba. It includes the highly influential journal Casa, the theater journal Conjunto, the music journal Boletn de Msica, and, finally, Anales del Caribe, a journal about the rich artistic and literary production in the Caribbean.

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Hispanic American Periodical Index (HAPI) This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to articles, book reviews, documents, original literary works, and other research materials about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States, 1967-present.
1970-present; HAPI is an online source for information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States. Included are complete bibliographic citations to articles, book reviews, documents, original literary works, and other materials appearing in over 400 key scholarly social science and humanities journals published worldwide.
Literature Online (LION) This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama, and prose, full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources, fully searchable.
Literature Online is a fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.

Critical Works

Secondary Sources - Books Beyond Brown (Borrow Direct)

WorldCat FirstSearch This link opens in a new window
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Comprehensive database of books and other materials in library catalogs around the world. Best used for advanced search of book records.

Journals of Interest

Journal of Caribbean literatures (online)
Macomère (online, open access to archive)
A refereed journal that is devoted to scholarly studies and creative works by and about Caribbean women in the Americas, Europe, and the Caribbean diaspora. It is the journal of the Association of Caribbean Women Writers and Scholars (ACWWS).
Sargasso (online)
Peer reviewed journal from Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.
Small Axe: a Journal of Criticism (print)
Jamaican journal focusing on renewal of practices of intellectual criticism.
Caribbean Studies (online)
A multidisciplinary academic journal published since 1961 by the Institute of Caribbean Studies, College of Social Sciences at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. The journal publishes original works on the Social Sciences and the Humanities in English, Spanish or French languages.
Caribbean Review of Books (online, open access)
CRB is a quarterly magazine covering Caribbean literature and arts. It focuses on reviews of new and recent books of Caribbean fiction, poems, and arts, but also publishes new writing, interviews, and literary essays.
C.R.L. James Journal
An annual peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes articles, reviews, and discussions relevant to the work and legacy of C. L. R. James. It was established in 1990 and the editor-in-chief is Paget Henry.