The Subject terms below will link to results in the Library's Catalog. In addition to books, DVDs, government documents, and streaming media may be included in the results of the search. Only RIC resources are included.
To find journal articles, use one of the database links below.
Indexes and abstracts over 11,000 magazines and scholarly journals in all subject areas with over 7,000 in full text.
Academic Search Complete draws from resources in every discipline but also provides many kinds of limiters, so you can focus a search on peer reviewed articles, English language resources, certain formats, dates, etc.
JSTOR allows you to limit search results to different types of academic content, like journals or book chapters, or to primary source content, like images or documents.
Full text collection of scholarship focused on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture. The core content includes: Africana, which presents an account of the African and African American experience in five volumes, the Encyclopedia of African American History, Black Women in America, 2nd ed., and the African American National Biography.
SocINDEX with Full Text indexes scholarly and professional journals in social services and public policy. Beginning with the keyword "colorism" or "racial passing" will bring up articles related to issues in The Vanishing Half.
