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Use the library's research page as your point of departure.
Especially useful for this assignment are the sections on:
In order to have off-campus access to all of the databases that will be useful for this assignment, make sure that you follow the instructions on how to connect to the library from home.
Read the assignment/syllabus carefully, and underline the terms you want to look up: the trick to finding library resources is knowing which words to search for.
For this particular class, I might start with these terms from the syllabus:
Start with Cruzcat, then work your way into the full text and bibliographic electronic databases, and then move outwards to the web. The better defined your search vocabulary, the better chance you have of finding info on the web.
In addition to print and electronic textual resources, don’t forget about visual resources like digital images, slides, films and maps as well as audio resources for music and newscasts.
A keyword search is probably the easiest way to get started. Once you find some titles that are useful, click on the Library of Congress subject headings to search further.
For this assignment, the following subject headings might be useful--they are just a sample of relevant subject headings that you might want to look at:
The list below represents a sample of options, use Cruzcat to find more.
| Africa Encyclopedias |
| Africa History Chronology |
| Africa Politics and Government Chronology |
| Africa History 20th Century Encyclopedias |
| African Literature History and Criticism |
| Motion Pictures Africa |
| Electronic Journals Africa |
| African Poetry |
| Senegal Fiction |
| Ghana Government and Politics |
Once you have found some useful titles, you need to look at the books and also browse the shelves, both in the ref area and upstairs in the regular stacks.
Some interesting monographic series include:
Some good publishers include:
Other catalogs to use:
Listed below are some of the books found in McHenry Reference that were discussed in our Library session.
Title |
Call Number/Location |
| A Political and Economic Dictionary of Africa | DT31 .P65 2005 Reference
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| Africana the Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience | DT14 .A37435 1999
Stacks |
| Encyclopedia of African History | DT20 .E53 2005 Reference |
| Key Events in African History | DT20 .F34 2002
Reference
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| Key Events in African History a Reference Guide [electronic resource] | online |
| Africa Bibliography | DT3.A37 Reference |
| Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century African History | DT29 .E53 2003 Reference |
| South Africa Survey | DT763 .S8 Reference |
| Th African Studies Companion Online a Guide to Information [electronic resource] | online |
| 100 Great Africans | |
| A Political Chronology of Africa | |
| African Literature and its Times | |
| Postcolonial African Writers a Bio-Bibliographical Critical [electronic resource] |
Once you have browsed the print reference materials, you will be better prepared for searching the electronic databases. Some of the databases listed below contain bibliographic citatations, others contain full-text.
Full text databases
For Art & Music:
Music:
Bibliographic databases
Individual African Countries
News sources African radio stationsPlease ask for help at the reference desk, and feel free to contact me for further help.
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