Selected Resources on Africa

Databases
(*licensed by Rhodes College)

*360Search
Use 360 Search to search the Rhodes library catalog, selected databases and online journals simultaneously.

*ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
Combines the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion with ATLA′s online collection of major religion and theology journals. The ATLA Religion Database includes more than 416,000 article citations from more than 1,500 journals (571 currently indexed), more than 210,000 essay citations from over 15,700 multi-author works, and more than 432,000 book review citations. This database begins in 1949 although indexing for some journal titles extends back into the nineteenth century.
• *Grove Art Online
  Grove Art Online provides web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art, ed. Jane Turner (1996, 34 vols.) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, ed. Hugh Brigstocke (2001). We offer ongoing additions of new and updated articles, over 3,000 thumbnail art images and line drawings displayed in the text of articles, extensive image links, and sophisticated search and navigation tools.
• *Historical Abstracts
  Your complete reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life). This database is packed with annotated references to information on topics from the Renaissance to Tiananmen Square -- over half a million entries in all. Published since 1954, Historical Abstracts has long been recognized as the leading bibliography for historical study in the world. Currently over 2,000 journals published throughout the world are covered in the database, making this a historical periodical database unmatched in breadth.
• *Military and Intelligence Database
  The Military and Intelligence Database periodical list has been hand-selected by Gale editors to meet those content needs. Additionally, the product includes some basic reference materials that are updated annually: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia and the World Almanac and Book of Facts. With more than 500 titles and more than 7 million articles (80% full-text), searchers are sure to find answers to their reference questions.
• *NewsBank
  "A comprehensive, full-text news resource consisting of more than 500 regional, national, and international newspaper and newswire services." This link also access the NewsBank Academic Library Collection, Global Newsbank, Newbank Retrospective, and several individual newspaper titles including digital image editions of Die Welt, El Pais, International Herald Tribune, Le Monde, and the New York Times."
• *Oxford Islamic Studies Online
  Encompassing over 3,000 A-Z reference entries, chapters from scholarly and introductory works, Qur′anic materials, primary sources, images, and timelines, Oxford Islamic Studies Online offers a multi-layered reference experience designed to provide a first stop for anyone needing information on Islam.
• *Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition (1982 -)
  Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition contains everything (all the indexing, abstracting, and full text) that is contained in these six Wilson databases:
  Education Full Text; General Science Full Text; Humanities Full Text; Readers′ Guide Full Text; Social Sciences Full Text;Wilson Business Full Text
• *WorldCat
  The world′s most comprehensive bibliography, with more than 42 million bibliographic records representing 400 languages. Covers information back to the 11th Century. Includes holdings information from the world′s libraries. Now includes the Library of Congress Subject Headings as its thesaurus.
• *WorldNews Connection
  Contains the full text summaries of newspaper articles, conference proceedings, radio and television broadcasts, periodicals and non-classified technical reports.

Online Journals and News Sources
(*licensed by Rhodes College)

• *JSTOR African Studies Journals
• *JSTOR History Journals
• *JSTOR Religion Journals
• *JSTOR Political Science Journals
• *Project Muse Online Journal List by Subject
• *SerialsSolutions Online Journal List for Barret Library
• Afrika.no News Update (Norwegian Council for Africa)
• Africa Renewal (UN)
• Africa - News sites (World Newspapers.com)
• BBC News - Africa: Economist - Africa: MSNBC: Africa: NYT - Africa: CNN - Inside Africa
• Congressional Research Service [CRS] Reports; Open CRS; University of North Texas CRS Reports
• Directory of Open Access Journals - 3,200 free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals, many of them searchable at the article level.

Reference Sources - Print and Online
(*licensed by Rhodes College)

• *Concise Encyclopedia of Islam (Ref BP40 .G42 1991)
• **Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
• *Encyclopedia of African History
• Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
• *Dictionary of Contemporary History
• *Dictionary of World History
• *Dictionary of Contemporary World History
• *Dynasties of the World
• *Dictionary of Islamic Architecture
• Historical Dictionaries: Democratic Republic of the Congo(Zaire); Zambia; Eritra; Burkina Faso; Libya
• New Encyclopedia of Islam (Ref BP40 .G42 2002)
• Oxford African American Studies Center (AASC)
  Includes "Africana" and encyclopedia which Covers the history and scope of cultural expression of people of African descent.
• Oxford Dictionary of Islam
• *Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History
  The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History, edited by Bonnie G. Smith, captures the experiences of women throughout history in a far-reaching, four-volume work. Although there has been extensive research on women in history by region, no other text or reference work has comprehensively covered the role women have played throughout world history. With over 650 biographies of influential women and over 600 topical articles covering topics such as geography and history, culture and society, organizations, movements, and gender studies, Women in World History is the definitive reference work in the field.
• *Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World
  Through its fluent global coverage, The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World provides information about major world developments from 1750 to the present, with close attention to social, economic, cultural, and political topics. The Encyclopedia contains articles on world events; countries; organizations; regions; ethnic groups; and themes such as social history, demography, family life, politics, economics, religion, thought, education, science and technology, and culture. It offers coverage of standard geographic and ethnic units—such as Scandinavia, Korea, or the Gypsies—in the modern period. Significant institutions such as the International Red Cross and the League of Nations are treated at length. Comprehensive coverage enables readers to broaden their research outside a particular time or region and to explore topics within the context of modern world history. 
• Peoples of Africa: an Ethnohistorical Dictionary
• *A Political and Economic Dictionary of Africa
• *Who′s Who in the Twentieth Century
• World Factbook (CIA)
• *Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices

Websites

• An A-Z of African Studies on the Internet (Michigan State)
• Africabib.org
  The site consists of two bibliographic databases covering Africana periodical literature (Bibliography of Africana Periodical Literature Database)  and African Women′s literature (African Women′s Database).
• Africa Action
  Africa Action is the oldest organization in the U.S. working on African affairs. Our mission is to change U.S. Africa relations to promote political, economic and social justice in Africa. We provide accessible information and analysis and we mobilize popular support for campaigns to achieve this mission.
• Africa Focus (U Wisconsin)
  Digitized collection containing more than 3000 slides, 500 photographs, 50 hours of sounds from forty-five different countires, as well as a large number of difficult to find texts that librarians, scholars, and other subject specialists have deemed important to these fields of study.
• AfriMAP (Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project)
  The Africa Governance, Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) aims to  monitor and promote compliance by African states with the requirements of good governance, democracy, human rights and the rule of law.
• Afrika.no (Norwegian Councilfor Africa)
  The Index on Africa is a gateway to information on Africa on the Internet, with over 2.000 links sorted by country, subject and news. The Index was created i 1996 by The Norwegian Council for Africa (NCA), as a part of NCA′s efforts to raise awareness about Africa and African affairs. Also contains AFrica News Update.
• Africa Web Links: an Annotated Resource List (U Pennsylvania)
• Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources (Stanford U)
• African and Middle Eastern Reading Room (Library of Congress)
• ANC - African National Congress
• African Studies Resources (Columbia U)
• Country Profiles (UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office)
• Country Reports on Human Rights (US Dept. of State)
• Country Studies (Library of  Congress)
• DMOZ Regional Websites: Africa
• International Crisis Group: Africa
  The International Crisis Group is now generally recognised as the world’s leading independent, non-partisan, source of analysis and advice to governments, and intergovernmental bodies like the United Nations, European Union and World Bank, on the prevention and resolution of deadly conflict.
• International Monetary Fund: Countries
• Laws of Nations (Internet Law Library);Laws (Library of Congress)
• Links to Government Websites : Sub-Saharan Africa; Middle East/North Africa (U Michigan)
• Nationmaster - Africa
• Truth and Reconcilation Report (South Africa)
• United Nations Website
• U. S. Department of State Website
  Includes country Background Notes.
• World Bank: Africa