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Introduction to Library Research
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Academic Search Premier
Coverage: 1975 to present
Indexes journal articles in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Includes some
full-text.
Africa-Wide
Coverage: Varies
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.
Anthropology Plus
Coverage: Late 1800s -
Indexes articles in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological and linguistic anthropology; also for ethnology, archaeology, folklore and material culture.
Art Full-text
Coverage: Indexing from 1984; Full-text from 1997
Indexes articles in the fields of art history, architecture, craft, design, landscape architecture, photography and video, and more.
ATLA Religion Database
Coverage: 1949 to present
Indexes articles, books and collected essays in all fields of religion.
Historical Abstracts
Coverage: 1955 to present
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.
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
Coverage: 1951 to present
Broadly covers the social sciences.
International Index to Black Periodicals
Coverage: Varies, with oldest citations from 1902
Includes current and retrospective bibliographic citations and abstracts from scholarly journals and newsletters from the United States, Africa and the Caribbean.
JSTOR
Coverage: Varies
Provides full-text of scholarly journal literature in the sciences, social sciences and humanities.
Project Muse
Coverage: Varies
Provides full-text of scholarly journal literature in the sciences, social sciences and humanities.
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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.
Africa -- Religion
Africa -- Religious life and customs
Africa -- Social life and customs
Art, Black -- Africa, West -- Themes, motives
Ceremonial objects -- Africa
Masks -- Social aspects -- Africa
Masquerades -- Africa
Mythology, African
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa
Symbolism in art -- Africa
Sources about a specific group:
Mende (African people)
Mende (African people) -- History
Mende (African people) -- Material culture
Mende (African people) -- Religion
Mende (African people) -- Social life and customs
Women, Mende -- Rites and ceremonies
Sierra Leone -- Religion
Sierra Leone -- Social life and customs
Grove Dictionary of Art Online
Online version of the 1996 print edition of the Grove Dictionary of Art. Contains articles on every aspect of the visual arts--painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts and photography--from prehistory to the present day.
Babel Fish Translation
(Altavista.com)
"...translates short passages of text or entire Web sites among 19 pairs of languages."
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 Internet Resources
(Columbia University)
A Guide to Africa
(Nordic Africa Institute)
Index on Africa
(The Norwegian Council for Africa)
Portals of the World
(Library of Congress)
