Student protest, Soweto, 1977

Winter 2012

Getting Started

How to Distinguish between Primary and Secondary Sources
How to Distinguish between Popular & Scholarly Sources
How to Use UC-eLinks
Turabian Citation Style
Nations Online: Historical Country Names

The licensed online content you'll need for your research (such as article databases and electronic journals) require you to be recognised as a UC affiliate if you are away from campus. Be sure then to log in using Off-Campus Access.

Background Information/Reference Materials

All reference materials listed are located in McHenry Library's second-floor Reference Area, unless otherwise noted.

Julius Nyerere

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Africana (DT14 A37435)
The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought (DT14 O97)
A Pan-African Encyclopedia (DT14 P28)
Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora (DT16.5 E53)
Dictionary of African Biography (DT18 D55)
Encyclopedia of African History (DT20 E53)
Key Events in African History (DT20 F34)
UNESCO General History of Africa (DT20 G45)
Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara (DT351 E53)
Cambridge History of Africa (McHenry Stacks DT3 C3)

Europa World Plus
Oxford/Grove Art Online
Oxford/Grove Music Online
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online

Article Databases

EBSCOhost

The following may be searched individually, or simultaneously by selecting using EBSCOhost's 'Choose Databases' feature

Fela Anikulapo Kuti

Africa-Wide Information
Historical Abstracts
Academic Search Complete
ATLA Religion Database
Left Index

CSA Illumina

The following may be searched individually, or simultaneously by selecting them at CSA's 'Specific Databases' link

Sociological Abstracts
PAIS International/Archive
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Index Islamicus

Primary Sources

Colonial map of religions, 1913

Archives Unbound: Global Missions and Theology

News Sources

LexisNexis Academic
NewsBank: Access World News

AllAfrica.com
BBC News: Africa
African Radio Stations

Image and Sound Resources

Aluka
ARTstor
The University of Texas at Austin: Historical Maps of Africa
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music compact discs
Music Online: Contemporary World Music
Music Online: Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries

Library Catalogues

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 focus your search.

Cruzcat —books and journals, on-line and in print, at UCSC
Melvyl —books, journals, and articles throughout the UC system; search 'Libraries Worldwide (WorldCat)' for holdings beyond UC

Selected Websites

Columbia University Libraries: African Studies Internet Resources
Northwestern University Library: Africana Internet Resources
Princeton University Library: African Studies Resources
Stanford University Library: Africa South of the Sahara
African Studies Companion

Cape Town, 2011

Need more help?

Take advantage of the expert staff at the Reference Desk and feel free to contact me:

Ken Lyons

kbplyons@ucsc.edu

(1 831) 459 2593