DEI Resources available through BU Libraries
BU Libraries Search: search for books, journals, databases, music, films and videos and other materials. Suggested search terms include: Ableism, Ageism, Diversity, Diversity in the workplace, Inclusion, Disability, Disabled Persons, Racism, Immigrants, LGBTQIA+, Critical Race Theory, and others.
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Related Guides
Prepared by librarians, Library Research/Subject Guides list books, articles, databases, studies, and other resources on a variety of topics. Selected Guides are listed below. For a complete list of Library Research/Subject Guides, check here. Course guides, prepared for BU courses, are also available on many subjects.
(Selected list below, for others, check here.)
- African Americans in Business and Entrepreneurship
- Art: Race, Racism, & Antiracism
- Asian Studies: Online Resources at Boston University
- Be Antiracist: Read, Learn, Change
- Diversity & Inclusion in Business
- Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Education
- Human Rights (IR)
- Immigration
- International Business & Country Information
- 2SLGBTQIA+ (all disciplines)
- Special Education
- Women in Business and Entrepreneurship
Library Databases
- Archives of Sexuality & Gender This link opens in a new window
This database provides a collection of primary sources for the historical study of sex, sexuality, and gender. With material dating back to the sixteenth century, researchers and scholars can examine how sexual norms have changed over time, health and hygiene, the development of sex education, the rise of sexology, changing gender roles, social movements and activism, erotica, and many other topical areas.
- Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Full text articles from newspapers and periodicals published by ethnic, minority and native presses in the U.S. Includes both historic publications, starting in 1959, as well as current ones.
- Hispanic American Periodicals Index This link opens in a new window
The Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) provides citations to the contents of scholarly journals published around the world on Latin America and the Caribbean. Scope ranges from political, economic, and social issues to the arts and humanities.
- LGBTQ+ Source This link opens in a new windowThis database provides scholarly and popular LGBTQ+ publications in full text, plus historically important primary sources, including monographs, magazines and newspapers. It also includes a specialized thesaurus containing thousands of terms relating to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues.
For a complete list of BU Databases, see the Databases A-Z list.
Film and Video
- BUniverseVideos tagged as "diversity" in the BUniverse collection.
- Ethnographic Sound Archives Online This link opens in a new windowEthnographic Sound Archives Online brings together over 2,000 hours of previously unpublished historic field recordings from around the world, alongside their supporting field notes and ethnographers' metadata, opening new paths for the study of music in its cultural context.
- Ethnographic Video Online, Volume I-II: Foundational Films This link opens in a new window
Contains classic and contemporary ethnographies, documentaries and shorts from every continent, providing teachers visual support to introduce and contextualize hundreds of cultural groups and practices around the world.
- Ethnographic Video Online, Volume III: Indigenous Voices This link opens in a new window
Contains documentaries, feature films and shorts made by and for indigenous people and communities. Topics are simultaneously local and global, with particular emphasis on the human effects of climate change, sustainability, indigenous and local ways of interpreting history, cultural change, and traditional knowledge and storytelling.
- HistoryMakers: African American Video Oral History Collection This link opens in a new windowHistoryMakers is a collection of video oral history interviews with historically significant African Americans. Transcripts are included with the interviews.
- Kanopy This link opens in a new window
Kanopy is a provider of documentaries, training films, and theatrical releases available as streaming video. Clips from the videos can be embedded in presentations or shown in class. Films in the Boston University Libraries catalog are licensed to Boston University for educational and research use only, for BU students, faculty, and staff.
