Search Databases
Search these databases for more information about slavery and abolition in the United States. These require a BSU login. Please see a reference librarian if you need assistance.
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America: History and Life (with Full Text)Bibliographic references, with abstracts, to articles from over 2,000 journals covering American and Canadian history. Also includes citations for book reviews and dissertations.
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Historical New York Times (ProQuest News & Newspapers)Search the New York Times back to 1851.
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Salem HistoryOnline content from Salem Press with essays covering United States and world history.
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JSTORA full-image collection of retrospective issues from scholarly journals of prime importance in their fields.
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Gale Academic OneFileThe premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles for academic libraries from the world's leading journals, this comprehensive resource covers the physical and social sciences, medicine, engineering, the arts, technology, literature, and many other subjects. With millions of articles in both PDF and HTML full-text format and simultaneous, unlimited usage, researchers are able to find accurate, timely information quickly. Gale's InterLink technology intelligently connects contextually-relevant results from your library's eBook collection on GVRL within articles in a user's search results. The Topic Finder tool adds power and depth to searches, allowing students to mine their search results and develop their research focus in ways never before available.
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Academic Search CompleteMulti-disciplinary full-text database with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. Indexes and abstracts more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. Searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,400 journals.
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Project MUSEAn interdisciplinary collection of more than 650 high quality, peer reviewed journals designed for institutions acquiring extensively in the humanities and social sciences.
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Films on Demand - Streaming Video
Searchable database of video clips on almost any topic. Begin searching by clicking on the icon above. Some possible search terms are slavery; slave trade; child soldiers; child prostitution; and human trafficking
Selected Books & Videos from Webster
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In the image of God : religion, moral values, and our heritage of slavery by
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Great slave narratives byCall Number: E444 .B67
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Slavery and the evolution of Cherokee society, 1540-1866 by
Call Number: E99.C5 P394 -
Black slave narratives byCall Number: E444 .B23
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Slave Culture:A Documentary Collection of the Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project by
Call Number: E444 .S55 2014 -
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Electronic Books
Search these Encyclopedias for more information. A BSU login may be required. Please see a reference librarian if you need assistance.