Uncovering Black Feminist Writers 1963-90: An Evaluation of Their Coverage in Research Tools
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2009-03
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American Library Association, Reference & User Services Quarterly
Abstract
Has the move toward online resources had an effect on source material for the study of black feminist theory? The last forty years have witnessed a critical mass of literary and theoretical writings on the black feminist movement. This article evaluates the coverage of writings by a select group of forty "second wave" (1963-75) and pre -- "third wave" (1976-90) black feminists in twelve major electronic-literary and women's-studies indexing and abstracting services.
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The survey investigates the breadth of coverage of writings authored by these black feminists and determines that there is a critical need to either update current thesauri or develop a new comprehensive tool for indexing and abstracting black feminist writings. Finally, the results of this study will assist libraries and librarians in making decisions about purchasing the most relevant resources for research on the writings of the feminist movement in general and black feminists in particular.
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Black women authors, Abstracting & indexing services, Evaluation, Second wave feminists, third wave feminists, Feminists authors, Online databases, Citation analysis
Citation
Hankins, Rebecca. “Uncovering Black Feminist Writers 1963-1990: An Evaluation of Their Coverage in Research Tools” Reference and User Services Quarterly, Vol. 48, #3, 2009, 270-286.