SELECTED AFRICAN STUDIES SOURCES

Research Guide

HANDBOOKS, DIRECTORIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS

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

African Studies Companion. 1997. 960.07 Z38a 1997 AFRICANA

Cambridge Encyclopedia of The Middle East and North Africa. 1988. 956 C144 UNDERGRADUATE, REFERENCE

Cambridge History of Africa. 1975-1986. 8 volumes. 960 C144 REFERENCE, HISTORY

Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara. 1997. 4 v. Q.967.003 En19 AFRICANA, REFERENCE

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

Encyclopedia of World Cultures. V.9: Africa and the Middle East. 1995. Q.306 En19 AFRICANA, EDUCATION

General History of Africa (Unesco). 1978-1993. 8 volumes. 960.072 G286 1981 HISTORY, STACKS

Middle East and North Africa. Annual. 315.6 M584, latest in AFRICANA, REFERENCE, COMMERCE

New African Yearbook. 960 N422 latest in AFRICANA

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COUNTRY-SPECIFIC SERIES

African Historical Dictionaries Series (Scarecrow Press). Latest in AFRICANA

Area Handbook Series (For U.S. Government). Latest in MODERN LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS

World Bibliographical Series (Clio Press). Latest in AFRICANA

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INDEXES, ABSTRACTS AND CONTINUING BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Abstracts in Anthropology. 1970-. 572.05 Ab EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCE

Africa Bibliography. 1984-. 016.96 Af832 AFRICANA

African Studies Abstracts 1994-. ONLINE AS PART OF AFRICAN STUDIES CENTRE (LEIDEN) DATABASE

Alternative Press Index. ONLINE

Anthropological Index to Current Periodicals in the Museum of Mankind ONLINE

The Arts of Africa: an Annotated Bibliography. 1986/87-. 016.70096 Ar79 AFRICANA, ARCHITECTURE AND ART

Black Studies on Disc. ONLINE FOR IN LIBRARY USE ONLY.

CAB Abstracts ONLINE (Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau)

Current Bibliography on African Affairs. 1964-. 016.9605 C936 AFRICANA, older in STACKS.

ERIC ONLINE (Resources in Education)

Expanded Academic Index. (Infotrac) ONLINE

Historical Abstracts. ONLINE

International African Bibliography. 1971-. 016.916 In82 latest in AFRICANA, older in STACKS

International Bibliography of Economics. 1952-. 016.33 In8 COMMERCE

International Bibliography of Political Science. 1952-. 016.32 In8 EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCE

International Bibliography of Social and Cultural Anthropology.1955-. 016.572 In82 EDUCATION & SOC. SCI.

International Bibliography of Sociology. 1951-. 016.301In8 EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCE

International Political Science Abstracts. ONLINE

Middle East: Abstracts and Index. annual. 1978-. 016.95605Mi. REFERENCE, older in STACKS.

MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association) ONLINE

PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service) ONLINE

Quarterly Index to Periodical Literature, Eastern and Southern Africa ONLINE

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature ONLINE

Sociological Abstracts ONLINE

Studies on Women Abstracts. 1983-. 016.3054 St94 WOMEN'S STUDIES

Wilson Humanities Abstracts ONLINE

Wilson Social Sciences Abstracts ONLINE

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STATISTICAL SOURCES   See also specific country statistical abstracts.

African Development Indicators (includes diskettes). 1992-. 330.960021 Af83 COMMERCE

African Development Report. 1990-. Annual. Q.330.96 Af8322 AFRICANA

African Statistical Yearbook. 1974-. 330.96 Un35 S1 latest in AFRICANA; previous in STACKS

International Historical Statistics: Africa, Asia, Oceania, 1750-1993. 1998. 315 M69I 1998 REFERENCE, COMMERCE, UNDERGRADUATE

Statistical Yearbook (Unesco). 1963-. 370 Un35S Latest in REFERENCE, previous in COMMERCE, older in STACKS

World Development Report. Annual. 1978-. 338.9 W893 REFERENCE, COMMERCE; older in STACKS

World Military and Social Expenditures. 1974-. Annual. 336.39 Si9W REFERENCE, EDUCATION

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BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES

Africa Who's Who. 1996. 960.320922 Af83 1996 AFRICANA

African Biographical Archive. microfiche. REFERENCE

Makers of Modern Africa. 1996. 960.30922 M289 1996 AFRICANA

Al Kagan/July 2000
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