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Subjects: African American Studies
Description: General encyclopedias containing full text.
Contents: Primary Sources; Streaming Video; Streaming Audio; Encyclopedias
Subjects: MANY
Description: General biographical dictionary from Gale Cengage Learning containing full text.
Contents: Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journal Articles; Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Newspapers; Dictionaries
Subjects: Music, African American Studies
Description: Research database from Alexander Street Press that can be cross-searched as part of Music Online collection. Includes materials from 1900-present.
Contents: Books; Book Chapters