1. Araba Dawson-Andoh 122 A Alden Library 740-593-2547 dawson-a@ohio.edu

2.  The Library’s Web site  Reference Collection  Electronic Databases  Specialized Databases  Internet Resources

3.  Online catalogs – Alice, Ohiolink, WorldcatAliceOhiolinkWorldcat  Electronic Journal – African Studies Electronic Journal – African Studies  InfoTree InfoTree  African Studies Resources Guide African Studies Resources Guide  Search strategy Search strategy  Citing Sources Citing Sources

4.  Bibliographies  Indexes  Directories  Encyclopedias  Dictionaries  Handbooks

5.  Academic Search Complete  Lexis Nexis  Social Science Citation Index

6.  Africabib.org  African Journals Online (AJOL)  Africa Wide  Economic Intelligence Unit  ELDIS  JSTOR African Studies Journals  Gender and Women’s Studies (GWS) Africa

7.  Contains two databases  African women’s bibliographic database  African Periodical literature database.

8.  Mainly tables of contents and abstracts of scholarly journals published in Africa  Coverage includes agricultural sciences, resource management, language and literature, health, science and technology and social sciences

9.  Databases include:  African Studies Abstracts – entire collection of the African studies center at Leiden.  Coverage - social, economic and development issues, religion, law, education, modern history and more.  African Institute Database - coverage includes, political, socio-economic, international and development issues facing contemporary Africa.

10.  Country reports – In depth analysis of political trends in African countries.  Country profile - Background and historical context of current economic and political events in African countries.  Country finance and commerce - Financial regulations and conditions and Operating conditions and business regulations of certain African countries.

11.  Gateway to information on development issues.  Offers a directory of websites, databases, library catalogues, email discussion lists and blogs.  Provides summaries and links to online documents on topics such as HIV/AIDS, children and development, food security, education…

12.  Digital archive of the back issues of scholarly journals starting with their first issues.  Time period is normally 3-5 years between last issue in JSTOR and recent issue.  Includes many leading journals as well as a few cultural and literary magazines.

13.  Coverage includes feminist theory, women’s movements in Africa, women’s health, biographies, land issues, history, social transformation and politics.  Bibliographies are mostly citations with links to a few full-text articles.

14.  Scientific publications in the area of the social aspects of HIV and AIDS, hosted by Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa  Provides links to other African research organizations.

15. Africa South of the Sahara ( Stanford University) Africa South of the Sahara  A gateway for internet resources on Africa, browse by country or topics and a search feature.  Topics covered includes organizations, book dealers, business, sports, travel, weather, African Studies programs and statistics.  Columbia University Libraries African Studies Columbia University Libraries African Studies A gateway for searching for Internet resources on Africa covering various topics both scholarly and general.  Links to journals and newspapers.  International Directory of African studies scholars in various disciplines.  African language resources.

16.  Center for Research Libraries (CRL).  Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University.  British Library African Collection.  Library of Congress- Africa section.  University of Pennsylvania.

17.  Excellent tool for sharing information on databases, new books and other resources.  Links to interesting news and magazine articles on Africa, conference call for papers and more.  Links to book reviews, abstracts and full text reports.

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