This database is the only comprehensive online index and full-text resource covering scholarly and popular periodical literature in Black Studies.

The International Index to Black Periodicals Full Text includes current and retrospective bibliographic citations and abstracts from 150 scholarly and popular journal from the United States, Africa, and the Caribbean, and full-text coverage of   over 42 core Black Studies periodicals.

Coverage includes over 193,000 citations from a growing collection of over 156 publications, with backfile records dating back to 1902. IIBP Full Text is expanding, with more international content and full-text titles being added.

Coverage is not only international in scope but also multidisciplinary--spanning cultural, economic, historical, religious, social, and political issues of vital importance to the Black Studies discipline. The source list was prepared with the guidance of a distinguished advisory board of librarians specializing in Black Studies.

IIBP Full Text offers many important benefits to scholars, faculty, students, bibliographers in both undergraduate and graduate research in Black Studies, International Studies, Ethnic and Cultural Studies, and World History.

IIBP Full Text provides:

• Abstracts and bibliographic citations for current records from 1998 onward, from over 150 scholarly and popular journals in the field
• Full text of 42 key scholarly journals
• Bibliographic citations for retrospective records from 1902 to 1991--nearly a century of coverage not found in general humanities indexes
• Thesaurus-controlled indexing that facilitates comprehensive searching and results
• Precise retrieval of information from eleven combinable fields: All Keywords, Title Keyword, Author, Subject Categories, Subject Terms, Document Type, Publication, Language, Country of Publication, Publication Date, ISSN and IIBP Number
• Monthly updates that ensure currency