Africa Bibliography. Manchester, England: Manchester University Press. 1985- .
Z 3501 .A37 Reference
Emphasis on British publications, includes periodicals, monographs of collected essays, books. Articles selected from sub-Saharan Africa journals, the U.S. and European continent.
A Current Bibliography on African Affairs. Farmingdale, N.Y.: Baywood Publishing Co. Published for the African Bibliographic Center. 1968- .
Z3501 C87 Reference
Has feature bibliographic essays & book reviews. Provides current, comprehensive annotated record of African publications, (books and journals) with emphasis on U.S. and continental African publications.
Library of Congress. Library of Congress Office, Nairobi, Kenya. Quarterly Index to Periodical Literature, Eastern and Southern
Africa. 1991- . Z3508 Q38 Reference
URL: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/misc/qsihtml/qsi-intro.html
The only continuing index for journal articles published in Africa from African sources. UF Libraries has a good complement of resources indexed providing a balance of comment to U.S., British, and West European continental index sources.
International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications. African
Journals OnLine (AJOL).
URL: http://www.inasp.info/ajol/index.html
"AJOL aims to provide access to all scholarly journals published in Africa.
Titles from South Africa and Francophone Africa are being added, as well as many
more from the rest of Africa." Article titles and abstracts are searchable
online, with a full text document delivery service available (free to scholars
in certain countries).
Library of Congress. African Section. Africa south of the Sahara, index to periodical literature, 1900-1970 and
supplements through 1976. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1971. Z 3503.U47 Reference (Oversize vols.)
75 years of published articles on Sub-Saharan Africa, an important and massive
"database" yet to be computerized. Geographical arrangement with classified subject entries. Excellent ethnic linguistic resource.
International African Bibliography. London: International African Institute. 1971- .
Z3501 . I54 Reference
Excellent index including journal article listings with relevant subject headings. Monographic section has collected essay resources that are indexed individually. Strength is British and European sources.
African Studies
Abstracts: the abstracts of the African Studies Centre, Leiden. London: Hans Zell, 1994- .
DT 1 L37 Reference
Abstracts to leading journals in African studies with some 230 in number with one-half in English. Includes edited works, 1,800 titles annually.
Recent issues available online.
African Research & Documentation. Birmingham: African Studies Association of the UK. 1973 - .
DT 19.8 .A35 Reference
Excellent subject bibliographies and bibliographic essays on African topics. Includes reviews of archives/manuscript collections worldwide specializing in Africana.
International Development Abstracts. Norwich: Geo Abstracts. 1982 - .
HC 59.69 .I57. Reference
Best source for identifying resources on African development studies. Excellent, detailed abstracts selected from worldwide database. Includes agriculture and rural development, environment and development, finance, demography, regional planning, migration, refugees, food supply, and health.
International Political Science Abstracts. International Political Science Association. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. 1951 - .
JA 36 .I5 Reference
Excellent source with worldwide published coverage of articles for African politics and democracy, state formation. Regional coverage and relations between African states. 900 journals indexed.
Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) in FirstSearch 1972-date. Also in
Reference Collection 1921 - date.
Over 449,00 entries online since 1972. Contains, books, journals selected government documents, book chapter essays, and statistical sources regarding public affairs. Many citations have abstracts. Best database for African politics and applied economics; monthly updates online; full bibliographic citations.
CIAO - Columbia International Affairs Online. Quick Links A-Z
Major online resource provides full text resources for foreign affairs. Includes working papers, conference proceedings, policy briefs, maps/country data and economic indicators- a valuable resource for current U.S. policy toward Africa.
Current Research- UMI Dissertations. Quick Links A-Z &
FirstSearch
Lists over 1.5 million dissertations predominantly from the U.S. with others from Canada and selected citations to British and European theses. Updated monthly. UF Libraries have a strong representation of U.S. dissertations published on Africa.
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ; http://www.doaj.org/) is not an index, but it does link to over 1,100 full-text online journals for browsing and searching. All titles have not yet been added to the library catalog, but are listed in the E-Journal Locator).
EIU - Economist Intelligence Unit.
Global economic and political developments. Includes daily updates with full text analyses in
ViewsWire. Also includes online the Country Profiles and Country Reports which provide quarterly and annual analyses of politics & economics that was formerly received in paper format since the late 1980's.
Policy File. Quick Links A-Z
Full text database, updated weekly of public policy resource documents including Africa. Includes research from more than 330 think tanks, research organizations, and advocacy groups. Over half of PolicyFile abstracts include weblinks to full text policy research reports and studies.
Historical Abstracts. Quick Links A-Z
Largest online index to articles dealing with African history that have been published since the early 1970's. Worldwide coverage with evaluative abstracts. Good source for African history and politics. For Diaspora and Afro-American published articles see companion database: American History and Life.
PCI Web- Periodicals Contents Index. Quick Links A-Z
A massive online electronic index to the contents of thousands of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences from their first issues to 1990/91. Includes over 10 million articles in over 3,100 journals. Important for Africana finding items in lesser known and older journals. Important for history, anthropology, and linguistics.
