- scope: periodicals on Black society and culture from 1825 to 1995 across the US.
- features: advanced search with key terms, date range, and location (US state), and sorting feature. the home page has a link to a page with instructions on how to use the database. there is an option to view the periodicals and sort by topic, state, time range, etc.
- use cases: research on Black culture in general and more specifically on topics such as civil rights, arts, business, education, gender issues, religion (some of the topics the database is sorted in). for example, civil rights in Pennsylvania in the late 1960s and early 1970s (there is a periodical titled Black Ghetto, another one titled Black Manifesto News, and Maji-Maji: A Black Nationalist Journal that could all be used for this topic)
Secondary source: Project Muse
- scope: digital humanities and social science peer-reviewed content in the forms of journals and books that are digitally accessible
- features: browsing page with sections of books, journals, primary sources, publishers. advanced search with filters such as content types, publishers, journals, research areas, and year. dropdown menu with access to different features of the database such as creating an account and viewing your browsing history and subscriptions, as well as accessing support.
- use cases: I have used Project Muse for a lot of different course projects in digital humanities and social sciences (such as global LGBTQ+ human rights and digital geography). Just by browsing the journals I saw topics ranging from Austrian Studies to Social Epistemology, so any student looking for scholarly sources in the humanities and social sciences can find something through Project Muse.