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This is a brief list of useful subject specific research
sources available in Wesleyan's libraries and on the
Internet. It is intended to provide a starting point for
research in African Studies, sufficient for basic research needs.
For more extensive research needs, you can ask for a
personal
research session with a librarian.
From the Library (Paper and online purchases and subscriptions)
Reference:
Call Numbers Encyclopedias Guides/Summaries Statistics Other
Books:
Catalogs
Articles:
Indexes & Databases
On the Internet (See note about Internet sources)
Web Indexes:
Meta Sites/Guides
Selected Sites:
Full Text Online Maps/Atlases Organizations
Reference
Sources - For introductions to or summaries of
topics
Call Numbers - Call Number locations for African Studies (in Reference and Stacks)DT - African history and culturePL 8000s - African languages and literaturesZ 3501-3975 - Bibliographies related to Africa EncyclopediasEncyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara - DT 351 .E53 1997 - Four volumes of articles on the histories, cultures, politics, etc of
sub-Saharan Africa.Encyclopedia of Precolonial Africa - DT 2 .E53 1997 - Covers archaeology, history, languages, cultures, and environments of
Africa from the evolution of hominids to the colonial period. Guides/SummariesThe African Studies Companion - DT 19.8 .Z45 1997 - Research guide and annotated bibliography of resources for African studies. Africa South of the Sahara - DT 351 .A37 - Annual compendium of information on all aspects of sub-Saharan Africa
(current edition in Reference, previous editions in Stacks). African Literatures in the 20th Century - PL 8010 .A43 1986 - Brief overview of the literatures of African nations and languages. StatisticsAfrican Statistical Yearbook - Ref. HA 1955 .U5 - Official United Nations statistics source for data on 53 African nations. OtherPostcolonial African Writers - PL 8010 .P585 1997 - Biographical and critical essays on significant African authors, with
bibliographies of works by and about the authors. African Literatures in the 20th Century - PL 8010 .A43 1986 - Brief overview of the literatures of African nations and languages. Africa Bibliography - Z 3501 .A37 - Annual index of publications on Africa; covers from 1984 to the present.International African Bibliography - Z 3503 .I58 - Quarterly index of books, articles, and papers in African studies; covers
from 1976 to the present.
Books
CatalogsCTW Online Catalog - For books at Wesleyan, Conn College, or Trinity College.WorldCat - For books not in the CTW Catalog (order by interlibrary loan)
Articles
Indexes & Databases - These indexes and databases are the ones most likely to be relevant to research in African Studies. See Indexes and Databases for a full list of available online databases.Social Sciences Full Text - An index, with abstracts and some full text, to scholarly sources in the
social sciences; covers articles published from 1984 to the present. Humanities Full Text - An index, with abstracts and some full text, to scholarly
sources in the humanities; covers articles published from 1984
to the present. Expanded Academic ASAP - Extensive index, with many full text articles, including both academic
journals and general interest magazines covering all subject areas. Some
journals are covered as far back as 1980, but coverage for most titles
begins more recently.
Arts & Humanities Citation Index - Social Sciences Citation Index -
Interdisciplinary indexes covering the journal literature of the
humanities or social sciences. In addition to searching for authors,
titles, and subjects of articles, these indexes allow searching for
articles which have cited a particular publication, and to search for
articles which share one or more cited sources in their bibliographies.PCI Full Text - Periodicals Contents Index lists the tables of contents (with access to
some full text articles) from social science and humanities journals from
as far back as 1770 to recent issues. Historical Abstracts - Citations and abstracts of articles in over 2,000 historical journals
published worldwide in the field of world history from 1450 to the present
(excluding the United States and Canada). Covers items published since 1954. PAISInternational - Public Affairs Information Service indexes articles, books, conference
proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical
directories published since 1972. MLA (Modern Language Association) Bibliography - MLA International Bibliography indexes critical scholarship on literature,
language, linguistics and folklore. Coverage includes journal articles,
series, monographs, dissertations, bibliographies, proceedings and other
materials. The database includes all records indexed from 1963; the paper
version (Olin Ref Z7006 .M64) covers since 1921. Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe - Full text articles from newspapers, magazines, and other sources, covering
a wide range of subjects. World News Connection - Online news service offering translated and English language news and information from non-U.S. media sources worldwide. Readers Guide Full Text - Citations, with abstracts, for articles in English language periodicals of
general interest; covers a very wide range of subjects, but not with much
depth. Indexes publications since 1983; the print version (Olin Ref AI3 .R48)
covers since 1890. ArticleFirst - An index of journal articles from all subject areas. Covers articles
published since 1990.
WWW African Studies Sources - Note: It is important to keep in mind that anyone can publish information on the Internet. You need to be very careful about evaluating and citing information found on the Web. Another good way of finding African Studies resources is to use a search engine or subject directory.
Internet Indexes
Meta Sites/Guides to african studies Sites - These sites list, and often evaluate, web sites relevant to research in African Studies. See Indexes and Databases for a full list of available databases.African Studies Center - Extensive annotated index of Internet sources related to African studies;
maintained by the African Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania. African Studies - The WWW Virtual Library's index to online resources for African studies. Index on Africa - A comprehensive guide to the continent on the Net - Index of online
resources on Africa, maintained by the Norwegian Council for Africa. Africa South of the Sahara - Annotated index of Internet sources on sub-Saharan Africa.
Selected Sites
Full Text OnlineAfrican Lives - Published by the Washington Post in their online World
Special Reports section, "this series of occasional articles chronicles
the joys and struggles in the everyday lives of African peoples." Africa Online - Information and links for Africa, covering news and current events,
literature and arts, and other topics in contemporary Africa. Maps/AtlasesAfrica Maps - From the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas at Austin OrganizationsAfrican Studies Association
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