Reference Guide to Africa

Alfred Kagan; Atoma Batoma

doi:10.5771/9781442242616

Summary

This third edition of the Reference Guide to Africa explains the most important resources for the study of the continent of Africa. It contains a general sources section and a larger disciplinary oriented section. All sources are annotated. A new edition is sorely needed since the last edition was published nine years ago. The previous editions have been successfully used in research libraries worldwide since 1999, and it has been used to teach several African studies research courses.

The book provides an orientation for researching almost any topic in the arts, humanities and social sciences concerning the continent of Africa, and all of its countries and ethnic groups. The first part explains and lists portals, databases, bibliographies, indexes, guides, encyclopedias, country sources, biography, primary sources, government publications, and statistics. The second part presents 16 subject-oriented chapters, mostly in the arts, humanities and social sciences, from agriculture and food security to women studies. It covers sources that broadly cover the continent, or in some cases only North Africa (and the Middle East). It generally excludes sources limited to one country or region of Africa, except for North Africa because of the nature of the literature.

One-third of the sources in this edition are new, and nearly half of them are available in electronic format. There are author/title and subject indexes.

This unique work is intended for students, teachers, librarians, and researchers. It likely will be used most by reference librarians and teachers for students in high school through graduate studies. It will also be used independently by undergraduate and graduate students. It can be used to answer simple reference questions, provide the resources for an undergraduate paper, or for comprehensive work by advanced students and researchers.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2014
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4422-4260-9
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4422-4261-6
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 229
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Preface No access
3. Introduction No access
1. 1 Portals, Bibliographies, and Indexes No access
2. 2 Guides, Encyclopedias, and Country Sources No access
3. 3 Biography No access
4. 4 Primary Sources No access
5. 5 Government Publications and Information No access
6. 6 Statistics No access
1. 7 Agriculture and Food No access
2. 8 Communications No access
3. 9 Cultural Anthropology No access
4. 10 Development No access
5. 11 Environment No access
6. 12 Folklore No access
7. 13 Geography and Maps No access
8. 14 History No access
9. 15 Languages and Linguistics No access
10. 16 Libraries and Librarianship No access
11. 17 Literature and Theater No access
12. 18 Music No access
13. 19 Politics and Government No access
14. 20 Religion No access
15. 21 Visual Arts No access
16. 22 Women and Gender No access
Author/Title Index No access Pages 193 - 220
Subject Index No access Pages 221 - 228
About the Author No access Pages 229 - 229