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Library Materials: Reference Sources
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Encyclopedia articles, written by subject authorities, provide information useful for gaining a basic understanding of a topic and getting started with a research project. Typically, a bibliography, or list, of "classic" books and articles for further research follows each article. Students will find also these encyclopedias useful for brushing up on topics related to their central area of investigation. [Note: See the Research Guides for sources that deal with narrower sub-fields within the discipline.]
African American encyclopedia. New York : Marshall Cavendish, c2001.
CALL NUMBER: Ref E185 .A253 2001 v.1-10
African folklore : an encyclopedia. Philip M. Peek and Kwesi Yankah, editors. New York : Routledge, 2004.
CALL NUMBER: Ref GR350 .A33 2004
The African studies companion : a guide to information sources. Editor: Hans M. Zell. Lochcarron : Hans Zell, 2003.
This guide to print and electronic resources on Africa includes general online sources and the best online starting points, bibliographies, biographies, African languages, statistical and economic data, maps, films, journals and magazines, news, library collections, publishers, organizations, and online forums. Also available online.
CALL NUMBER: RefBib DT19.8 .Z45 2003
Africana: the encyclopedia of the African and African American experience. Editors, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., New York : Basic Civitas Books, 1999.
CALL NUMBER: Ref DT14 .A37435 1999
Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history. Edited by Colin Palmer. Detroit : Macmillan Library Reference, 2006.
CALL NUMBER: Ref E185 .E54 2006 v.1-6
Encyclopedia of African peoples. New York : Facts on File, 2000.
Derived from Facts on File's Peoples of Africa set, entries discuss the history of more than 1,000 ethnic groups from all of Africa, including Asante, Kongo, Swahili, Bembe, Luba, Tonga, Copts, Maasai, Venda, Dinka, Nuba, Yoruba, Falasha, Ovambo, Hutu and Tutsi, and Zulu. The resource also includes information on africa's regions and nations, and more than 300 biographies,
CALL NUMBER: Ref DT15 .E53 2000
Encyclopedia of Black studies. Editors: Molefi Kete Asante, Ama Mazama. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, c2005.
Organized alphabetically, the 482 individual entries offer a concise, yet detailed, subject overview.
CALL NUMBER: Ref E185 .E554 2005
The Greenwood encyclopedia of African American civil rights : from emancipation to the twenty-first century. Charles D. Lowery and John F. Marszalek, editors ; Thomas Adams Upchurch, associate editor ; foreword by David J. Garrow. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003.
CALL NUMBER: Ref E185.61 .E54 2003 v.1-2
Reference library of Black America. Edited by Jessie Carney Smith, Joseph M. Palmisano. Farmington Hills, MI : Gale Group, Inc., c2000.
CALL NUMBER: Ref E185 .R44 2000 v.1-5
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These specialized subject dictionaries define the terminology in the discipline. See the Research Guides for sources that deal with narrower sub-fields within the discipline.
Smitherman, Geneva, 1940-
Black talk : words and phrases from the hood to the amen corner. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2000
CALL NUMBER: Ref PE3102 .N4 S65 2000
African historical dictionaries. Edited by Jon Woronoff, Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
32 volumes organized by country - from Angola to Zimbabwe. Contains entries on the past and present, including historical, political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of each country.
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Dictionary of African Biography. New York : Reference Publications, c1977-
CALL NUMBER: Ref DT18 .D55 v.1-3
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Handbooks collect basic, practical information formulas, tables of data, classification systems, definitions for professionals operating within a discipline.
Africa Contemporary Record. Recent volume compiled and edited by Colin Legum. New York: African Publishing Corp.
Includes essays on current issues, country-by-country review, primary documents, and tables covering social and economic affairs. Latest volume in Reference Room, earlier volumes on 2nd floor.
CALL NUMBER: Ref DT1 .L43
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The library subscribes to the ASI Microfiche Library. Every document indexed in ASI since 1979 is available in this library. In addition to the ASI Microfiche Library for federal government publications containing statistical data, the library also subscribes to the SRI Microfiche Library, containing most but not every non-federal statistical item indexed in SRI. A third collection, Index to International Statistics, deals with statistical material from international, intergovernmental bodies, completes the package. Online access to the database and to some of the documents themselves is available through the Statistical Universe component of LexisNexis Academic Universe.
Black Americans: A Statistical Sourcebook. Louise L. Hornor, editor. Palo Alto, CA : Information Publications, 1996.
Covering significant topics in American life, this is an extensive collection of tables on a wide variety of topics.
CALL NUMBER Ref E185.5 .B5238 (1996, 1998, 2000)
Mitchell, Brian R.
International historical statistics : Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-2000./ B.R. Mitchell. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
Updated to 2002 wherever possible, it provides key economic and social indicators for the last 250 years.
CALL NUMBER Ref HA4675 .M552 2003
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Style manuals and citations guides illustrate how to cite book, journal, and other research sources, including materials found in online databases and on the Web according to the conventional format of a particular discipline. Subject specific citation guides are listed below, and a complete listing appears at Reference Sites: Citation Guides and Style Manuals.
Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources. [ Online ] Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger. Available: http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/
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Library Materials: Books: LC Class Number Guide
Books in Schaffer Library are arranged by Library of Congress Class number. Class numbers are searchable in the Web Catalog and browsable in the Stacks and Reference Collection. Note: In addition to the class number areas listed below, books on Africana Studies may be found in many other areas of the library. To find them, try a combined keyword search in the online catalog such as African America? and [your topic]. Browse the Shelves by LC Class Number.
| BL |
Religion, Mythology |
| BR |
Christianity |
| DT 1- 3415 |
History: Africa |
| E185 |
History: America, African American |
| GN |
Anthropology |
| HT |
Communities. Classes. Races |
| JQ |
Political institutions and public administration: Asia. Africa. Australia. Pacific Area |
| JV |
Colonies and colonization |
| PL |
Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania |
| PN |
Literature (General) |
| PR 9340-9348.2 |
African literature (English) |
Library Materials: New Acquisitions
The New Acquisitions List residing on the Library Catalogs page is generated on the 10th of each month and includes items added to the library's collections for the previous calendar month.
Library Materials: Senior Theses / Senior Project
Microfiche copies of Senior honors theses are maintained in the Library. For details on the Library's theses holdings, formats, access, photocopying restrictions, and searching for a thesis in the online catalog, see the Thesis Search page.
Course-Related Materials: Research Guides
Research Guides supplement the broader Research by Subject pages by focusing on the print and electronic resources that are most useful for a course-specific research assignment. For faculty, the Research Guides provide structured access to the Library and Internet resources relevant to their own work or in advising students on their research projects. For students working independently, it serves as a reminder of services and materials offered within the library while at the same time providing a gateway for information available from remote sites.
Course-Related Materials: Blackboard
Faculty using Blackboard are encouraged to incorporate links to Library resources and specifically the Research by Subject pages and the appropriate course-related Research Guides into the Blackboard course pages. Your Departmental Liaison or Bibliographic Instruction Contacts can assist you.
Electronic Materials: Databases & Indexes
Schaffer Library provides to range of general and subject-specific electronic databases some offering full-text access to articles or library holdings information.
Electronic Materials: Selected Web Sites
http://africandl.org
MATRIX, working in cooperation with the African Studies Center at MSU and in partnership with premiere research institutions in Africa is pioneering the African Online Digital Library. The goal of this fully accessible online digital repository is to provide digital access to African scholarly materials for users in both the United States and all the Northern Hemisphere and in Africa. |
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www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa
Columbia University's collection of African Studies Internet Resources is an on-going compilation of electronic bibliographic resources and research materials on Africa available on the global Internet, created under the purview of the African Studies Department of Columbia University Libraries. Electronic resources from Africa are organized by region and country. |
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www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/guide.html
Published by Karen Fung, Hoover Institution, Stanford University. A comprehensive web site for African studies research. |
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www.lib.msu.edu/limb/a-z/az.html
An alphabetical list of selected Internet resources on Africa. Includes a link to the African e-Journals Project. |
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www2.h-net.msu.edu/~africa
Links to archives of debates and group forums on the H-Africa listserv, conference reports, thematic essays, tables of contents from African studies journals, and other information. |
Electronic Materials: News & Alerts
Tools for tracking recently published articles.
http://allafrica.com
Leading provider of African news and information worldwide, through news feeds to institutional and agency clients. Posting more than 700 new stories daily. |
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www.blackpressusa.com
The joint web presence of America's Black community newspapers and the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service, featuring news exclusively from African-American journalists and Black community publications. |
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http://www.tbwt.org/
Covering news about African American and Black communities around the world. Free e-mail subscription available for daily news. |
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http://college.nytimes.com/guests/directory/Ethnic_&_Cultural_Studies/African-American_(Black)_Studies/
The New York Times. (Accessed 28 April 2004) Provides full text access to articles from The New York Times "Ethnic & Cultural Studies" section. |
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http://college.nytimes.com/guests/directory/Area_Studies/African_Studies
The New York Times. (Accessed 28 April 2004) Provides full text access to articles from The New York Times "Area Studies" section. |
Contacts and Connections: Departmental Liaison
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For information on resources, services, collections, and book ordering for your department.
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