Use these to get an overview of your topic or to find definitions of key terms and concepts.
- Reference Guide to Africa; A Bibliography of sources REF Z350.K34 2005
- Africa: a guide to reference material REF DT3.5.M39 2007
- The African studies companion : a guide to information sources DT19.8.Z45 2006
- New encyclopedia of Africa (online)
- Post- Colonial Studies: The Essential Glossary JV22.T45 2003
- Key Concepts in Post- Colonial Studies REF JV22.A84 (online)
- A Political and Economic Dictionary of Africa DT31.S46 2005 (online)
- Dictionary of human rights advocacy organizations in Africa JC599.A36S24
- The Cambridge encyclopedia of Africa DT3.C35
- Africana: the encyclopedia of the African and African American experience
REF DT14.A37435 2005 - Encyclopedia of Western colonialism since 1450 REF JV22.E535 2007
Additional resources
- EIU.com (Economist Intelligence Unit)
- Africa confidential (Information service covering economic and political issues)
- Europa World Plus
- Oxford Reference Online Premium
- Routledge Politics and International Relations Online
- CRL Catalogue (the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago, Illinois, collection of research materials including historical, political, social and cultural primary resources in the area of African Studies, especially explore the Cooperative Africana Materials Project (CAMP) http://www.crl.edu/area-studies/camp )
- Foreign Government Information: Africa
Explore your topic
Introducing Summon - which makes it possible to search across many of the library's collections simultaneously. Including books, ebooks, journal titles, games, music, videos, government information, maps, and more.
However, Summon doesn't search everything that the library owns or subscribes to so you will still need to search other resources to find everything that you need. Summon also doesn't let you do sophisticated searches that you may be used to doing in specific databases or the library catalogue.
When to use Summon
- When starting research on a topic
- If you are not sure which databases to use
For assistance using Summon please contact the Research Help Desk.
Use keywords to find books, government and other documents as well as films in the library’s catalogue.
For all relevant titles, click on the subject headings to continue your search.
Suggested Subject Headings:
Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-
Africa -- Colonial influence
Philosophy, African
Ethnology -- Africa
Fulltext eBook Collections:
Cambridge University Press eBooks
Columbia International Affairs Online
Oxford University Press eBooks
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
Canadian Publishers Collection
Wiley Online Journals
Key Databases
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
- International Political Science Abstracts
- Columbia International Affairs Online
- Business Source Complete
Additional Databases:
- AfricaBib
- Aluka
- Africa Development Indicators
- eAtlas of global development
- Quarterly Index of African Periodical Literature
- PAIS Index (previously PAIS International)
- Sociological Abstracts
- World Bank e-Library
- Web of Science
- World Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Abstracts
- Literature Resources from Gale
- ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Gender Studies Database
- Women Writers Project
- Peace Research Abstracts
- Political Science Database (previously ProQuest Political Science)
- Dissertations and Theses Global
Government Infomration
MADGIC Maps, Data and Government Information Centre, Carleton University Library
Government of Canada
Websites
- Digital Librarian: websites useful for the study of the African American experience.
- Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources
- Africabib
- African Studies (Columbia University)
- African Studies Association
- African Studies Center (University of Pennsylvania)
- Guide to Africa on the Internet (Nordic Africa Institute)
- H-Africa: Africa's History, Culture and African Studies
- Index on Africa (Norwegian Council for Africa)
- Selected African Studies Websites (Princeton University Library)
- Africa Online Digital Library
- African Human Rights Resources (University of Minnesota)
- South African History Online
- African Arguments
- Africa Through a Lens
- Some organizations and initiatives supporting African publishing and book development
- Africa Portal (resource for policy-related issues on Africa)
- African Books Collective (index of major African publishers)
- Africultures
- The Comic Strips
Library and Archives Collections
- Thematic Guides - South African War
- South African War, 1899-1902 - Service Files, Medals and Land Applications
Additional resources
- Malcolm X , the FBI Files
- African National Congress Historical Documents Archive
- The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission Videotape Collection
- NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom, 1909-2009
- The Library of Congress's largest single collection is the NAACP papers. This exhibition shows documents from this collection which have been digitized.
- Say it Plain, Say it Loud A Century of Great African American Speeches
- Nelson Mandela Digital Archive
- Africana Posters Collection (Northwestern)
- Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent
(Contains more than 3000 slides, 500 photographs, and 50 hours of sounds from forty-five different countries)
News
- allAfrica.com
- African Newspapers
- AfricaFocus
news, analysis and advocacy - Africa | IPS Inter Press Service
- BBC News | Africa
- African News from World Press Review
- Africa Review
online news magazine -
Think Africa Press
African Research Institute
Consult the News Guide for details of news sources.
Tips for searching newspaper databases.
For current Canadian newspapers/news:
- Canadian Newsstand
- CBCA Complete: transcripts of CBC (TV and radio) and CTV (TV) news shows
- PressDisplay
- Eureka.cc
- Factiva
- LexisNexis
For historical Canadian & other newspapers:
- The Globe and Mail: Canada's Heritage from 1844
- New York Times 1851-2005
- Toronto Star: Pages of the Past
- Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
For international sources:
- Factiva
- LexisNexis
- Roubini Global Economics excellent news monitorinig service
- World News Connection
Writing & Citing Guides:
Citation Management (workshops offered at the Library)
More Writing & Citing Resources:
- Thomson-Nelson Guide to Research and Writing in Political Science. JA86 .C43 2006
- Political science research methods JA73 .J64 2012
- The Political Science Student Writer's Manual. JA86 .S39 2006
- Politics on the Internet: A Student Guide. REF JA86.B83 2005 (online)
- A Student's guide for Writing in Political Science REF JA86.M37
- Writing in Political Science: A Practical Guide REF JA86.S36 2005
- How to map arguments in political science JA71.P37 2007
- Information skills: finding and using the right resources
- The postgraduate research handbook : succeed with your MA, MPhil, EdD and PhD LB 2371.W576 2008
- Student guide to research in the digital age : how to locate and evaluate information sources ZA3075.S74 2006
- Your research project: how to manage it (online)
- The essential guide : research writing across the disciplines LB2369.L399 2005
Citing Print and Electronic Resources
- Citing Sources From Duke University. This guide provides examples of citations in APA, Chicago, MLA,and Turabian styles for both print and electronic resources.
- Online! Citing Electronic Resources Provides guidelines for the citation of electronic resources in a variety of styles
How to write a literature review
- How to write a literature review (Concordia University Libraries)
- The literature review: a few tips on conducting it (U. of Toronto)
- Literature reviews (University of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill)
- Sample APA papers: Literature review (Midwestern State University reposting of document from Purdue's Online Writing Lab (OWL)
- Conducting research literature reviews : from the Internet to paper RSV Q180.55.M4 F56 2010
- Doing your literature review : traditional and systematic techniques H62 .J44 2011
- How to research Q180.55.M4 B59 2010 [chapter 4]
- Information skills : finding and using the right resources ZA3075 .G75 2010 [chapter 2]
- The literature review : a step-by-step guide for students RSV LB2369 .R525 2008
- Social research methods : qualitative and quantitative approaches HM571 .N48 2011 [chapter 5]
- Social work research and evaluation : foundations of evidence-based practice HV11 .S589 2011 [extensively covered in Part III]
- Student guide to research in the digital age : how to locate and evaluate information sources ZA3075 .S74 2006
- Systematic approaches to a successful literature review LB1047.3 .B6 2012
- Telling a research story: writing a literature review LB2389.F43 2009
- Writing literature reviews : a guide for students of the social and behavioral sciences RSV H61.8 .G34 2006
Just need a few resources to get you started? Try the African Studies Quick Guide.
