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The Library’s Web site
Reference Collection
Electronic Databases
Specialized Databases
Internet Resources
Online catalogs – Alice, Ohiolink, Worldcat
Electronic Journal – African Studies
InfoTree
African Studies Resources Guide
Search strategy
Citing Sources
Bibliographies
Indexes
Directories
Encyclopedias
Dictionaries
Handbooks
Academic Search Complete
Lexis Nexis
Social Science Citation Index
Africabib.org
African Journals Online (AJOL)
Africa Wide
Economic Intelligence Unit
ELDIS
JSTOR African Studies Journals
Gender and Women’s Studies (GWS) Africa
Contains two databases African women’s bibliographic database African Periodical literature database.
Mainly tables of contents and abstracts of scholarly journals published in Africa
Coverage includes agricultural sciences, resource management, language and literature, health, science and technology and social sciences
Databases include: African Studies Abstracts – entire collection of the
African studies center at Leiden.
Coverage - social, economic and development issues, religion, law, education, modern history and more.
African Institute Database - coverage includes, political, socio-economic, international and development issues facing contemporary Africa.
Country reports – In depth analysis of political trends in African countries.
Country profile - Background and historical context of current economic and political events in African countries.
Country finance and commerce - Financial regulations and conditions and Operating conditions and business regulations of certain African countries.
Gateway to information on development issues.
Offers a directory of websites, databases, library catalogues, email discussion lists and blogs.
Provides summaries and links to online documents on topics such as HIV/AIDS, children and development, food security, education…
Digital archive of the back issues of scholarly journals starting with their first issues.
Time period is normally 3-5 years between last issue in JSTOR and recent issue.
Includes many leading journals as well as a few cultural and literary magazines.
Coverage includes feminist theory, women’s movements in Africa, women’s health, biographies, land issues, history, social transformation and politics.
Bibliographies are mostly citations with links to a few full-text articles.
Scientific publications in the area of the social aspects of HIV and AIDS, hosted by Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa
Provides links to other African research organizations.
Africa South of the Sahara ( Stanford University) A gateway for internet resources on Africa, browse by
country or topics and a search feature. Topics covered includes organizations, book dealers,
business, sports, travel, weather, African Studies programs and statistics.
Columbia University Libraries African Studies A gateway for searching for Internet resources on Africa
covering various topics both scholarly and general. Links to journals and newspapers. International Directory of African studies scholars in various
disciplines. African language resources.
Center for Research Libraries (CRL).
Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University.
British Library African Collection.
Library of Congress- Africa section.
University of Pennsylvania.
Excellent tool for sharing information on databases, new books and other resources.
Links to interesting news and magazine articles on Africa, conference call for papers and more.
Links to book reviews, abstracts and full text reports.
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