HIST 1056-01: Globalization II

Getting Started

Research and Globalization

This guide is designed to provide access to different points of scholarly research (below) and then primary sources, including oral histories, on the sub-pages. Try accessing the complete History Research Guide for additional sources.

You have two possible projects: 1.) 20th-21st C. Migration, and 2.) The Black International and Popular Culture.

Reference Shelf

Oxford Reference Online
This is a quick go-to for high-quality, short, dictionary style descriptions, definitions, facts, and figures. Great for date and name checking.
Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration
This encyclopedia provides a complete exploration of the prominent themes, events, and theoretical underpinnings of the movements of human populations from prehistory to the present day.
Oxford Bibliographies • Atlantic History • Migrations and Diasporas
Entry on "Migrations and Diasporas" from Oxford Bibliographies in Atlantic History. Includes recommendations on readings.
Oxford African American Studies Center
Includes access to bibliographies, biographies, encyclopedia, and more relating to American American Studies. Includes topics ranging from politics to pop culture.
Oxford Music Online
The gateway to Grove Music Online, with access to search The Oxford Dictionary of Music and The Oxford Companion to Music. Contains over
52,000 articles written by nearly 9,000 scholars charting the diverse history and cultures of music around the globe

Books: Find & Request from BC & Beyond

Your local libraries have excellent monographs and anthologies located in O'Neill library as well as through the BC libraries portal. Try searching for books (only books) through the WorldCat library system to see if we have what you need. If we don't, you can order material through Interlibrary Loan (ILL).

WorldCat Catalog

Journal and e-Book Database Recommendations

Black Studies Center
Included in the Black Studies Center database, IIBP contains approximately 280,000 records drawn from scholarly journals and newsletters from the United States, Africa and the Caribbean--and full-text coverage of over 130 core Black Studies periodicals.

For a selection of excellent journals and some e-books on various topics in global history, we recommend a few databases. Remember to explore these database "advanced search" options for date and other modifiers before you run your searches.

JSTOR
JSTOR is a collection of scholarly journals and ebooks across multiple disciplines. Content includes back issues and some current issues.
Project MUSE
Full-text access to a large number of scholarly journals and eBooks in the humanities and social sciences published by over 120 of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies.
Historical Abstracts
Index of journal articles, book chapters, book reviews, and dissertations pertaining to the study of World History (Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa, Latin America), from 1450 to the present. Coverage is 1955-present. Some full text coverage.

Additional Recommendations

Cambridge Core
Cambridge Core is the place to find valuable, useful and inspirational research and academic information. Includes journals and books across the humanities and sciences. Of particular note are the Cambridge Histories, the Cambridge Companions, and the Cambridge Handbooks.
De Gruyter
Based out of Berlin, De Gruyter has been publishing academic books and journals for more than 250 years. Their fields of focus include humanities (e.g., history, classics, ancient near east, philosophy, religion, and more), social sciences, medicine, mathematics, engineering, computer sciences, natural sciences, and law. This interface provides affiliates with access to Boston College's subscriptions to De Gruyter's journals as well as ebook and some open access material.
Taylor & Francis
Access to our T&F journals and other e-content. Includes more than 200 history journals with full or partial access. Keep in mind that BC affiliates can order articles we don't have through ILL.

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HIST 1056-01: Globalization II

Getting Started

Research and Globalization

Reference Shelf

Books: Find & Request from BC & Beyond

Journal and e-Book Database Recommendations

Additional Recommendations

Subject Librarian for History