SELECTED AFRICAN HISTORY SOURCES

Handbooks, Encyclopedias, and History Sets
Country Specific Sources
African Studies Indexes and Bibliographies
General Indexes and Databases
Biographical Sources

HANDBOOKS, ENCYCLOPEDIAS, AND HISTORY SETS

Africa South of the Sahara. Annual. 316 Af8, latest in AFRICANA, REFERENCE, older in STACKS

African States and Rulers. 1999. 960.03 ST49A, REFERENCE

Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Middle East and North Africa. 956 C144, REFERENCE, UNDERGRADUATE

Cambridge History of Africa. 8 v. 960 C144, REFERENCE, HISTORY

Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World. 2004. 2 v. Q.909.097671 En195 HISTORY REF., UNDERGRAD REF., ONLINE

Encyclopedia of Precolonial Africa. 1997. Q.960.03 En19 ARFRICANA

Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History. 960.3103 En19 AFRICANA

General History of Africa (Unesco). 8 v. 960.072 G286 1981, STACKS, HISTORY

The Middle East and North Africa. 315.6 M584, Latest in AFRICANA, REFERENCE, COMMERCE

The New Atlas of African History. Q.911.6 F877n, AFRICANA, UNDERGRADUATE, & MAP AND GEOGRAPHY

Pan-African Chronology. 2 v. 909.0496 J415P & 909.0496 J415PA, AFRICANA
 

COUNTRY-SPECIFIC SOURCES

African Historical Dictionaries Series. Latest in AFRICANA, older in STACKS

World Bibliographical Series. AFRICANA
 

AFRICAN STUDIES INDEXES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Africa Bibliography. Annual. 016.96 Af832, AFRICANA

African Studies Centre (Leiden) database. ONLINE

Black Studies on Disc. ONLINE

Current Bibliography on African Affairs. 016.9605 C936 N.S. Latest in AFRICANA, older in STACKS

"History," chapter in Reference Guide to Africa. p. 104-112. 016.96 K119r 2005, AFRICANA, REFERENCE, MODERN LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS

Index Islamicus. ONLINE

International African Bibliography. 016.916 IN82, latest in AFRICANA, older in STACKS

Middle East: Abstracts and Index. 016.95605 MI, REFERENCE

Quarterly Index to African Periodical Literature. 016.96005LI1 latest in AFRICANA, older in STACKS, ONLINE
 

GENERAL INDEXES AND DATABASES

Alternative Press Index. ONLINE

Arts and Humanities Citation Index. ONLINE

British Humanities Index. REFERENCE (INDEX TABLE)

Expanded Academic Index. ONLINE

Historical Abstracts. ONLINE

Humanities Index. ONLINE
 

BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES

Africa Who's Who. 960.320922 AF83, AFRICANA, REFERENCE

African Biographical Archive. microfiche, REFERENCE

Biography and Genealogy Master Index. REFERENCE

Biography Index. Quarterly. REFERENCE

Makers of Modern Africa. 960.30922 M289, latest in AFRICANA, older in STACKS

Who's Who in the Arab World. 315.6 W62 REFERENCE