Africana Collection - Key Resources - Smathers Library

¶ Key resources for African Studies

See the previous Africana Collection website for more information & resources on African Studies:

These pages are being updated and migrated as time allows.

A graduate course in Africana Bibliography is offered each Fall Semester for interested students through the Center for African Studies.

General library handouts and guides and Fast internet reference resources are available online

Many resources listed here are restricted to University of Florida students, faculty and staff

Questions, suggestions, requests for consultations, recommendations for Library Purchase? Contact Dan Reboussin,
Africana Collection; danrebo@ufl.edu

Available via netLibrary e-books.

Telephone: 273-2642 (Dan); 273-2643 (Peter). See Library West page for information on locations and services.

Journal indexes and other databases:

African language materials archive
African Studies Abstracts (Leiden)
AnthroSource (AAA Portal)
CRL Catalog includes Cooperative Africana Microform Project (CAMP)
Current Research @ UF (Dissertations)
eHRAF World Cultures
ISI Web of Knowledge (includes Social Science Citation Index)
JSTOR
LLBA (Linguistics & Language index)
FirstSearch incl. WorldCat database of academic library catalogs--use WorldCat.org for public access
Periodicals Index Online (was PCI Full Text)
ProQuest Dissertations
Quarterly Index of African Periodical Literature (LC-Nairobi)
World Bank guide to current publications

JSTOR's advanced search feature allows full-text searching of many journals, but remember: current issues aren't included! Search the library catalog and/or the e-journal locator for more options.

Journals, news, full text articles & reports

Africa Confidential news digest (access through 2006 only)
Africa South of the Sahara web directory
African eJournals Project
African Journals Online
African Studies Quarterly (UF Center for African Studies)
An A-Z of African Studies on the Internet
BBC News | Africa
Center for African Studies
CIA World Fact Book
Critical African Studies journal
EIU.com and Country Reports
Electronic Newspapers of Africa
Frontline Diplomacy: The Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training
H-Africa website and topical discussion list
Maps, cartography & imaging for Africa
Ufahamu journal
Using Google for African Studies Research. Free version Sept. '04--updated in African Studies Companion (UF access only).

Library tools & services

How to find:

Interlibrary Loans
Quick links to 100+ databases
Fast Document delivery services (non-UF and/or willing to pay yourself)
Finding Aids to Manuscript and Archival Collections

African Studies Companion: A Guide to Information Sources available online:
"A compact, timesaving guide to print and electronic information sources, databases, and repositories providing easy access to a wide range of information in the African studies field." More...

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Created: July 11, 2005. By Dan Reboussin, Africana Collection. Tel: 352-273-2642. email: danrebo@ufl.edu

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