African Studies Companion

Description

A comprehensive, annotated guide to print and electronic information sources, databases and repositories for African Studies, from within and outside the African continent. Includes 23 sections with sub-sections. Online version is searchable and extensively cross-referenced like the print version.

Leads to print and electronic reference and information sources, primarily in English, arranged in 23 main sections:

  1. General online resources on Africa and African Studies
  2. The major general reference tools
  3. Current bibliographies, indexing and abstracting services
  4. Major biographical resources
  5. Guides to African language resources
  6. Guides to statistical sources, economic and financial data
  7. Cartographic sources/Map sales and map vendors
  8. Guides to film and video resources
  9. Journals and magazines
  10. News sources for Africa
  11. Guides to African newspapers
  12. Major African studies library collections
  13. Major academic libraries and national archives in Africa
  14. Africanist documentation and African studies bibliography
  15. Publishers with African Studies lists
  16. Dealers and distributors of African Studies materials
  17. Major African and international organizations
  18. Major foundations, donors, government and aid agencies
  19. African Studies associations, societies and networks
  20. Major online forums and mailing lists
  21. Awards and prizes in African Studies
  22. Information and communication development in Africa
  23. Abbreviations and acronyms in African Studies

Dates Covered

Online version is updated frequently, as indicated.

Print Counterpart

The African Studies Companion
Lockwood Reference (Non-Circulating)
CALL NUMBER: DT 19.8 Z45 2003

Related Databases

· Resources by Subject - African American Studies

Access Notes

Off-Campus Access to Libraries resources requires a UBITName and password.

Contact

Glendora Johnson-Cooper