Literature Resource Center (LRC) is a great place to start researching authors, their works, and literary movements. It includes full-text articles from scholarly journals and literary magazines, critical essays, work and topic overviews, biographies, and more.

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This new database includes the full era of the modern European colonisation of Africa, from the occupation of Algeria by France, through increasing British presence on the west African coast and beyond. Access here or from the Library Catalog or Find Databases A-Z.

Created from the Library Company of Philadelphia's acclaimed Afro-Americana Collection, this unique online resource provides more than 12,000 printed works. These essential books, pamphlets and broadsides, including many lesser-known imprints, hold an unparalleled record of African American history, literature and culture.

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A collection of primary source materials relating to Empire Studies from the 15th through 20th centuries. Sources come from libraries and archives around the world. Click here to access.

Covers an unparalleled breadth of subject matter, including Anglo-American, ethical and political, cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, continental and contemporary philosophy. Access Here, or through the library catalog, WorldCat Local, and Find Databases A-Z.