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Academic Search Premier
Indexes journal articles in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Includes some full-text.
Africa-Wide
Indexes journal articles, books, newspapers, and other documents on a range of topics including politics, history, economics, business, the environment, anthropology, language and literature, law, music, tourism and much more.
Historical Abstracts
Covers the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada). It includes citations to journal articles, book reviews and dissertations.
JSTOR
Provides full-text of scholarly journal literature in the sciences, social sciences and humanities. Over a dozen African Studies journals are included. Bear in mind that coverage for most of the African Studies journals ends in 2000 or 2002. To find more recent articles in these journals, search Historical Abstracts.
PAIS International
Indexes journal articles, books, government documents, and other documents on public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general.
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Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Histories
African Historical Dictionary Series.
Excellent resource for important names, places, etc. in the history of individual African countries. (Check library catalog for individual call numbers.)
Davis Reference, Davis.
For example: Shinn, David Hamilton. Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire). Rev. ed. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow
Press, 1999.
Stone Center library Referece, Davis, DT650.17 .B63 1999
also available as an electronic resource
Arnold, Guy. Historical Dictionary of Civil Wars in Africa.
Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1999.
Stone Center Library Reference, Davis, Davis Reference, Undergraduate Reference, DT21.5 .G89 1999
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Diagram Group. Encyclopedia of African Peoples.
Facts on File Library of World History. New York: Facts on File, 2000.
Stone Center Library Reference, Davis Reference, Undergraduate Reference, DT15 .E53 2000
Fage, J. D., and Roland Anthony Oliver. The Cambridge History of Africa.
London; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1975.
Davis, House Undergraduate Reference, DT19.8 .Z45 2003
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Middleton, John. Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara.
New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1997.
Davis, Davis Reference, DT351 .E53 1997
Page, Willie F., and R. Hunt Davis. Encyclopedia of African History and Culture.
Facts on File Library of World History. Rev. ed. New York NY: Facts On File, 2005.
Davis Reference, DT3 .P27 2005
Page, Willie F., and Facts on File Inc. Encyclopedia of African History and Culture.
Facts on File Library of World History. New York: Facts on File, 2001.
Stone Center Library Reference, Davis, DT3 .P27 2001
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Vogel, Joseph O., and Jean Vogel. Encyclopedia of Precolonial Africa: Archaeology, History, Languages, Cultures, and Environments.
Walnut Creek, Calif.: AltaMira Press, 1997.
Stone Center Library Reference, Davis Reference, DT2 .E53 1997
Yakan, Mu hammad Zuhd i. Almanac of African Peoples & Nations.
New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction, 1999.
Davis Reference, DT15 .Y35 1999
Zeleza, Tiyambe, and Dickson Eyoh. Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History.
London: Routledge, 2003.
Stone Center Library Reference, Davis Reference, Undergraduate Reference, DT29 .E53 2003
Guides to the Literature
African Studies Association of the United Kingdom., and Standing Conference on Library Materials on Africa. African Research & Documentation.
Vol. No. 1-. Birmingham: African Studies Association of the UK, 1973.
Davis, DT19.8 .A35
Balay, Robert, Vee Friesner Carrington, and Murray S. Martin. Guide to Reference Books.
11th ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1996. See chapter on Africa.
Davis Reference, House Undergraduate Reference, Z1035.1 .S43 1996
Caruso, Joseph S. "Basic Guide to Research on Africa at Columbia University Libraries: A Bibliography of Resources."
Columbia University Libraries.
Duignan, Peter, and Helen Field Conover. Guide to Research and Reference Works on Sub-Saharan Africa.
Hoover Institution Bibliographical Series; 46. Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institution Press Stanford University, 1971.
Davis, Davis Reference, Z3501 .D78
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Kagan, Alfred. Reference Guide to Africa: A Bibliography of Sources.
2nd ed. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2005.
Stone Center Library, Davis Reference, DT4 .R44 2005
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McIlwaine, John. Africa: A Guide to Reference Material.
Regional Reference Guides. London; New York: Hans Zell Publishers, 1993.
Davis Reference, Z3501 .M3 1993
Rylander, Kristina. Studying Africa: A Guide to the Sources.
Trans. Linda Linnarsson and Andrew Byerley. Uppsala, Sweden: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2005.
Zell, Hans M. The African Studies Companion: A Guide to Information Sources.
3rd rev. and expanded ed. Glais Bheinn: Hans Zell, 2003.
Stone Center Library, Davis Reference, DT19.8 .Z45 2003
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Bibliographies
African Bibliographic Center. A Current Bibliography on African Affairs.
Vol. v. 1-. Farmingdale, N.Y.: Baywood Pub. Co., 1962.
Davis Reference Row 15, Z3501 .C72
Pearson, James D., and University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies. International African Bibliography.
Vol. 1973-1978--. London, England: Mansell Publishing Ltd., 1982.
Davis, Z3503 .I5
Scheven, Yvette. Bibliographies for African Studies.
Archival and Bibliographic Series. Vol. 1970/1975. Waltham, Mass.: Crossroads Press, 1977.
Davis Reference, Z3503 .B3
World Bibliography Series.
(Check library catalog for individual call numbers.)
---. Bibliographies for African Studies, 1970-1975.
Los Angeles, Calif.: Crossroads Press, 1977.
Davis, Z3501.A1 S32 1977
---. Bibliographies for African Studies, 1987-1993.
London; New Jersey: Hans Zell Publishers, 1994.
Davis Reference, Z3501.A1 S345 1994
University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies., and International African Institute. International African Bibliography.
Vol. v. 1- Jan. 1971-. London: Mansell.
Davis, Z3503 .I5
Biography
Brockman, Norbert C. An African Biographical Dictionary.
New York: Grey House Pub., 2006.
Davis Reference, DT18 .B76 2006
Glickman, Harvey. Political Leaders of Contemporary Africa South of the Sahara: A Biographical Dictionary.
New York: Greenwood Press, 1992.
Davis Reference, DT352.8 .P63 1992
Ofosu-Appiah, L. H. Dictionary of African Biography.
New York: Reference Publications, 1977.
Davis Reference, DT18 .D55
Rake, Alan. 100 Great Africans.
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1994.
Davis Reference, DT18 .R34 1994
Manuscripts Research Tutorial is a self-paced instructional module designed to introduce you to the methods of finding and using primary source materials with specific strategies for identifying the holdings in the Manuscripts Department at UNC Chapel Hill.
Henige, David P. A Union List of African Archival Materials in Microform.
2d ed. S.l.: s.n., 1984.
Davis Library Reference DT20 .H37 1984
African Activist Archive
"...seeks to preserve for history the record of activities of U.S. organizations and individuals that supported African struggles for freedom and had a significant collective impact on U.S. policy during the period 1950-1994." The Archive is based at Michigan State University's African Studies Center.
African History: Primary Sources
is a guide to internet resources on Africa-related primary source materials.
H-AfResearch
"...encourages discussion of issues surrounding the use of primary sources in African humanities and social sciences research."
The hyperlinks listed below are subject headings found in the UNC-Chapel Hill Catalog. These headings can be used with other library catalogs such as WorldCat (OCLC), which includes the holdings of U.S. and international libraries.
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Colonial influence
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Economic conditions
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Politics and government
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1960-1997
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1997-
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Social conditions
Democracy -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
Decolonization -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
Pillage -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History
Political violence -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
Economist Intelligence Unit Country Profiles and Reports
Library of Congress - Country Studies
State Department Background Information on Africa
African Newspapers Union List
Provides a centralized electronic database for newspaper titles (all formats and all languages) published in sub-Saharan Africa.
LexisNexis
Provides full-text access to general, regional and international news. Transcripts are also available from CNN, NPR, ABC, CBS, and NBC news among others.
African Newspapers Online:
from Stanford
from Columbia
AllAfrica
AllAfrica provides over 1000 stories daily as the largest electronic distributor of African news and information worldwide.
BBC Africa
BBC News online provides up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories.
CNN: Africa
CNN delivers the latest breaking news and information on the world's top stories.
Web sites can be valuable sources of information. Keep in mind the importance of evaluating information you find on the web. In addition to using Google and other search engines, use resources developed by librarians such as the Stone Center Library's Guide to the Web, as well as Librarians' Internet Index or the Scout Report.
UNC Libraries tutorial on Evaluating Information includes a section on evaluating information on the web. Online!: A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources includes tips on citing web sites using MLA, APA, or Chicago styles.
Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources (Stanford University)
African Studies Center (University of Pennsylvania)
African Studies Internet Resources (Columbia University)
Africana Conference Paper Index (Nortwestern University)
Index on Africa (The Norwegian Council for Africa)
Portals of the World
(Library of Congress)
