AFRICAN COLLECTION @ PENN
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DATABASES & ARTICLE INDEXES
Africa Bibliography (searchable, 1997-present and backfile) |
African Studies Centre (Leiden) catalogue |
Bullwinkle |
DATAD (African theses index) |
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences |
Anthropology PLUS |
Historical Abstracts |
Index Islamicus |
African Index Medicus |
POPLINE |
ATLA Religion Database |
Bibliography of Slavery and World Slaving |
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E-JOURNALS & NEWS
E-Journal Collections:
SA ePublications: Law, Social Sciences & Humanities Collections |
JSTOR African Studies e-journals (fulltext backfiles) |
African Journal Archive (open source archive)
E-Journals:
African Studies Review |
Africa: Journal of the International African Institute |
History in Africa |
Journal of African History |
Journal of Modern African Studies |
African Affairs |
Journal of African Economies |
Africa Today |
African Studies |
Research in African Literatures |
CODESRIA Bulletin |
Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review |
Journal of African Cultural Studies |
Muziki: Journal of Music Research in Africa |
Africultures |
African Arts |
Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art |
African Journal of AIDS Research |
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Current News:
Africa Confidential |
Africa Research Bulletin (Political, Social Cultural) |
Africa Research Bulletin (Economic, Financial, Technical) |
Africa Monitor: Southern Africa and North Africa |
AllAfrica.com/Africa News Service via LexisNexis Academic (1991-present) and via AllAfrica.com (recent years only) |
Pambazuka News |
News Services from around Africa (UN ECA) |
NewspaperDirect (latest 3 weeks of papers from Angola, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Zimbabwe) |
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E-BOOKS
E-Reference Works:
Oxford Bibliographies Online: African Studies |
Studying Africa: A Guide to the Sources (2nd ed.) |
New Encyclopedia of Africa |
African Biographical Dictionary (2nd ed.) |
African Studies Companion |
Encyclopedia of World Cultures: Vol. 4, Africa and the Middle East and Supplement
Cambridge History of Africa and UNESCO General History of Africa |
Cambridge History of South Africa |
Africa: Atlas of Our Changing Environment (UNEP)
Cambridge Companion to the African Novel |
Cambridge History of African and Caribbean Literature |
Routledge Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English (LION) |
Cinemas d'Afrique: l'encyclopedie du film africain |
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online)
Encyclopedia of Islam |
"Africa and the Muslim West" (Cambridge History of Islam vol. 2A:VII) |
Oxford Islamic Studies Online
American Foreign Relations since 1600 |
The United States and Africa: guide to U.S. official documents ... on Africa, 1785-1975 / Witherell
E-Book Collections:
ACLS Humanities E-Book: African titles |
African Writers Series |
Black Women Writers |
eHRAF Collection of Ethnography |
African Language Materials Archive |
Onitsha Market Literature |
World Bank E-Library |
Christian Mission - Boston University Digital Common |
South African Poetry, 1834-Present (LION)
Study Abroad in Africa (special issue, African Issues v.28, n.1/2, 2000)
RESEARCH COLLECTIONS & PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIAL
Starters:
Microform collections |
CAMP microforms at CRL |
Aluka: Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa |
Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive, parts I & II
Colonial-era government documents:
Empire Online (documents sampler) |
Africana: A Collection of Digitized Books (Colonial Office annual reports, US State Department records) |
Blue Books for Colonial British Africa |
Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966 (online, Colonial Office, Foreign Office, Dominions Office, War Office) and
Confidential Print on Africa (paper format, Foreign Office only, 1841-1956)
IGOs, Government Documents, & Grey Literature:
Kwetu.net |
Great Lakes Region Dox Network |
Liberation Movement in Africa and African America (FBI files) (Archives Unbound) |
South Africa: the Making of U.S. Policy 1962-1989 (Digital National Security Archive) |
More on IGOs ...
Historic News Sources and Periodicals:
FBIS Daily Reports 1941-1996 and JPRS 1957-1994 |
African Newspapers 1800-1924 (World Newspaper Archive) |
CRL - Foreign Newspapers (use ILL-Books to request paper and microfilm) |
Afrinul - Union list of African newspapers holdings in North American libraries |
19th Century UK Periodicals: Empire |
National Geographic Magazine Archive 1888-1994 |
Illustrated London News Historical Archive 1842-2003
Statistical Information:
Africa Development Indicators (World Bank) |
African Economic Outlook (OECD) |
Afrobarometers |
International Population Census Publications: Africa, series I (1945-1967), II (pre-1945), and III (post-1967) |
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MATERIALS IN OTHER FORMATS
Videos:
VCat: the Penn Libraries video catalog |
Videos on Africa and Africans |
Videos on Africans abroad |
Videos on African health topics |
Videos on foreign aid and development assistance in Africa |
Ethnographic Video Online |
Colonial Film: Moving Images of the British Empire (BFI) |
Watson Kintner collection (University Museum Archives) |
Reel Voices (videos on Africans in Philadelphia) |
VCat
Maps of Africa:
Maps of Africa (Perry-Castaneda Library, Univ. of Texas) |
More map info ...
Images of Africa and Africans: Penn Fine Arts Library Image Collections |
Bailey's African History Archives |
International Mission Photography Archive |
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SELECTED RESEARCH GUIDES
20th Century African History and Politics |
Health and Society in Africa |
Food (In)security, Famine and Drought in Africa (ASC Leiden web dossier) |
Christian Missions in Africa |
Indian Ocean |
Islam in sub-Saharan Africa (ASC Leiden web dossier)
Middle East/North Africa (MENA) and Sub-Saharan Africa Business |
China in Africa: finding books in the Penn Libraries |
China in Africa: finding articles, business reports, and news through the Penn Libraries |
China in Africa (ASC Leiden web dossier)
Fage on sources for precolonial western Africa |
Raw, Medium, Well Done (edited pre-1885 European sources) |
Travel and Exploration Narratives and Guide Books |
PENNSYLVANIA AFRICAN STUDIES CONSORTIUM LIBRARIES
Overview | Bryn Mawr College Library | Haverford College Library |
Swarthmore College Library | TRIPOD
AFRICANA LIBRARIANS COUNCIL
ALC web site (hosted by University of Pennsylvania Libraries)