The Black Women Radicals Database (BWRD) historizes and visualizes Black women’s radical political activism in Africa and in the African Diaspora in efforts to build academic, political, and community engagement, dialogue, knowledge production, research, and education about Black women’s significant legacies as socio-political agents of radical change. By housing a database of historical and transnational Black women activists and leaders, the BWRD seeks to overcome the erasure of Black women’s political leadership, organizing, theorizing, and socio-political movement building in Africa and in the African Diaspora that has often been ignored in favor of Black and white cis-heteronormative male charismatic leadership, especially in the field of Black Politics. BWRD serves as a vehicle to center Black women’s historical political memory, scholarship, epistemologies, and leadership in socio-political movements that may not be taught in academia and in community and public spaces. The Database is free for educational use.*
*The BWRD is a continuing project and the current profiles of the activists and leaders in the Database are not completed and are constantly being updated. Moreover, the BWRD will continue to add profiles of historical Black women activists and leaders in Africa and in the African Diaspora. The Black Women Radicals team will be calling for writers who are interested in contributing to the BWRD soon. For questions about the Database and/or if you are interested in contributing to the BWRD, please contact blackwomenradicals@gmail.com.
A vast archive of material drawn from hundreds of international and local organizations, documenting important aspects of LGBTQ life from 1940 onwards. Documents include: records and materials produced by LGBTQ rights groups, government briefings, reports and policy statements, surveys and election questionnaires, international news and magazine articles, photographs, interviews and more.
Records of the Communist Party of Great Britain's Womens' Department from 1944 to 1991. Includes minutes, agendas, and promotional materials from women's campaigns, events, and conferences, offering insight into the relationship between Western communism and the women’s liberation movement during the post-war era.
Access to a collection of primary and secondary source material on the history of feminism in the 19th century, from 1776 to 1928.
A digital archive of alternative press publications produced in the United States during the 20th century. Provides full-text access to magazines, newspapers, and journals created by feminist, LGBTQ+, African American, Native American, Lationo, GI, Campus Underground, Right-Wing and other activist and independent communities.
Digital archive of 26 prominent US and UK LGBT publications from the 1950s to 2015, including The Advocate (from 1967) and Gay Times. Includes full-colour, cover-to-cover issues with searchable text. Covers topics such as activism, politics, health, lifestyle, and the arts, offering insight into LGBTQ+ history, culture, and social change.
An online collection of primary sources documenting the political, social, and cultural history of LGBT life from the late 19th century to the present. Includes books, periodicals, personal papers, speeches, interviews, and ephemera. Covers global perspectives with a focus on North America and Europe.
A continuation of the original 1937 Mass Observation, relaunched by the University of Sussex in 1981 to document everyday life in Britain through directive questionnaires and personal responses.
Digitised records from the Race Relations Department of the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries, covering the 1940s to 1970s. Documents three pivotal decades in the civil rights movement through surveys, correspondence, photographs, speeches, and audio recordings. Includes work by key figures such as Charles S. Johnson, Thurgood Marshall, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr..
The largest online primary source collection for South Asian studies, containing materials from 1700 to 1953. Includes rare books, journals, reports, and archival documents from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, and Afghanistan, with texts in English and regional languages like Bengali and Sanskrit.
A searchable archive of leading women’s interest magazines from the late 19th century to the 21st century. Includes full issues of titles such as Good Housekeeping, Ladies’ Home Journal, and Essence, covering topics like fashion, health, family life, careers, and social issues. Offers insight into evolving representations of women and gender roles, primarily in the US context.
A collection of primary source materials exploring the social, political, and professional experiences of women from the 19th century to the late 20th century. Includes personal correspondence, organizational records, periodicals, and ephemera. The content reflects a range of perspectives on gender identity, race, sexuality, class, and culture, with a focus on North America and the UK.
A collection of primary documents, scholarly essays, and reviews exploring the history of women’s activism in the United States from the colonial era to the present. Covers topics such as abolition, suffrage, labour, civil rights, and feminism. Includes writings by and about women, as well as records of grassroots and national organisations.
The following databases contain a variety of material, including journal articles, for your specific subject area. The brief descriptions beneath the titles will explain what each hold. To access, click on the title.
An international research database for arts and humanities, indexing articles from over 370 scholarly journals, weekly magazines, and quality newspapers from the UK, the US, and other English-speaking countries. Updated monthly, with coverage from 1962.
Subjects: Architecture, Art, Cultural Studies, Film, Gender studies, History, Linguistics, Literature, Music, Philosophy, Religion.
Full text collection of over 50 humanities and social science journals published by the Duke University Press.
An online database that contains over six million bibliographic references. Dating back to 1951, these references include journal articles, books, newspapers, and dissertations. The subjects covered range from anthropology and economics to politics and sociology. Interdisciplinary subjects such as development studies, human geography, and gender studies are also included.
Provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines primarily in the humanities and social sciences. Also includes research reports over 140 policy institutes on climate change, cybersecurity, energy policy, international relations, terrorism, and various public health issues. Primary sources are drawn from libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies around the world including Global Plants, 19th Century British Pamphlets and Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa. Thematic collections focusing on emerging areas of research includes Lives of Literature, Security Studies, and Sustainability.
You can now look for Kanopy films using Library Search. The benefit of this is that it will also search across our other film collections, to make sure that you don't miss out. Simply enter your search terms and select 'Video' from the drop down list at the end of the Library Search bar.
A platform for full-text, peer-reviewed books and journals in the humanities and social sciences from over 400 non-profit publishers, including university presses and scholarly societies.
Scopus is a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database, which provides access to academic journals, books, conference proceedings, and patents from 1788–present.
Advanced Features: citation analysis, author profiles, journal metrics; data export and analysis, search alerts.
A multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of academic journal articles, books and conference proceedings covering all subjects, dating back to 1900. Web of Science consists of multiple different databases including the Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Features: citation analysis, researcher profiles, journal metrics, search alerts.