Finding Books
African Studies materials can be located by browsing the following call numbers:
DT - History of Africa [2nd floor]
HC800-1085 - Economic history & conditions, Africa [2nd floor]
JQ1870-391 - Politics, Africa [2nd floor]
ML350 - Music, African [3rd floor]
NL7380-7392.5 - Art, African [3rd floor]
PL8000-8844 - African languages & literatures [3rd floor]
Selected Print Reference Books
Print reference books are located on the first floor of Maxwell Library. Selected titles from this collection are listed below:
African kingdoms : an encyclopedia of empires and civilizations by Call Number: DT25 .A646 2017 [Reference]
Africa : an encyclopedia of culture and society by Call Number: DT14 .A3415 2016v.1. Algeria-Djibouti
v.2. Egypt-Mozambique
v.3. Namibia-Zimbabwe
Historical dictionary of the Sudan by Call Number: DT155.3 .V64 2013
Historical dictionary of Eritrea by Call Number: DT394 .K55 2011
Historical dictionary of Rwanda by Call Number: DT450.115 .T89 2016
Historical dictionary of Niger by Call Number: DT547.5 .D4 2012
Encyclopedia of South Africa by Call Number: DT1714 .E53 2011
Native peoples of the world : an encyclopedia of groups, cultures, and contemporary issues by Call Number: GN380 .N383 20133 volumes
African folklore : an encyclopedia by Call Number: GR350 .A33 2009
Saints and Politicians by Call Number: DT549.42 .C77
Finding Articles
There are several ways to search for articles on your research topic:
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
If the library does not subscribe to the article or journal you need, you can still obtain it by filling out a request through Interlibrary Loan:
Selected Online Journals
Maxwell Library subscribes to many online journals related to African Studies. Selected titles are listed below. Click on the journal title to learn more!
- Africa: The Journal of the International African InstitutePremier journal devoted to the study of African societies and culture, with an interdisciplinary approach involving the social sciences, history, the environment and life sciences.
- African ArtsResearch and critical discourse on traditional, contemporary, and popular African arts and expressive cultures.
- African Economic HistoryFocuses on recent changes in Africa as well as the colonial and precolonial economic history of the continent.
- African Studies ReviewOriginal articles, review articles and book reviews on all areas of contemporary Africa.
- Africa TodayScholarly work from around the world on a full range of African political, economic, and social issues.
- Annals of African MedicineResearch findings in the broad field of medicine in Africa and other developing countries which have relevance to Africa.
- CallalooPremier journal of literature, art, and culture of the African Diaspora, publishes original work by and about writers and visual artists of African descent worldwide.
- International Journal of African Historical StudiesDevoted to the study of the African past; presents information on all aspects of Africa's history, from prehistoric archaeology to the present problems of the continent.
- Journal of Modern African StudiesSurvey of developments in modern African politics and society.
- Research in African LiteraturesScholarly articles on all aspects of the oral and written literatures of Africa submitted in English, French or other languages (but published in English).
Finding E-Reference Books
Maxwell Library provides access to thousands of e-books, which can be located in a general MaxSearch as well as through specific databases, such as the following:
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowFull-text content from more than 260 reference titles with nearly 3 million entries covering every major subject.
- DOAB - Directory of Open Access Books This link opens in a new windowDirectory of nearly 9,000 free, open access, peer-reviewed academic books and chapters from 224 publishers.
- eBook Collection (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowSearchable full text for several thousand e-books on a variety of subjects.
Selected Databases
- A to Z Maps Online This link opens in a new windowThe world's largest subscription-based database of proprietary, royalty-free world, continent, country, and state maps. Included in the 4,000+ maps are: political maps, physical maps, outline maps, population maps, precipitation maps, climate maps, and other thematic maps. New maps are added to the collection every month.
- Academic Search Complete [EBSCO] This link opens in a new windowFull text for more than 8,500 journals, including full text for more than 4,600 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
- Anthropological Index Online This link opens in a new windowCitations to more than 800 international journals, published in more than 40 languages, in all areas of anthropology and archaeology held by the Anthropology Library at the British Museum (Museum of Mankind). Records cover 1957 to the present.
- Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson) [EBSCO] This link opens in a new windowFull text articles from more than 250 periodicals covering many topics from fine, decorative and commercial art to photography, film and architecture. Indexing and abstracts for more than 680 periodicals and more than 14,000 at dissertations. Indexing of more than 220,000 art reproductions.
One user maximum at a time. - ARTstor This link opens in a new windowOver two million digital images in the areas of art, architecture, humanities, and social sciences for use in research and teaching. Includes contributions from museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, photo archives, and artists and artists' estates. Included with each image is descriptive information such as title, creator, date, size, and current location.
- Britannica Academic This link opens in a new windowElectronic version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
- Diversity Studies Collection [Gale] This link opens in a new windowExplores cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global community. Includes over 250 full-text academic journals and magazines.
- Global Issues in Context This link opens in a new windowOffers international viewpoints on global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues. Each of these gateway pages includes an overview, unique "perspectives" articles written by local experts, reference, periodical, primary source and statistical information.
- Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new windowAuthoritative resource for music research with an ongoing mission to chart the diverse history and cultures of music and musicians from around the globe. Includes more than 60,000 articles written by over 6,000 music scholars.
- Political Science Complete This link opens in a new windowThis database contains full text for over 400 journals, and cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 800 journals with a worldwide focus. The database also features more than 180 full-text reference books and monographs, and over 27,000 full-text conference papers.
- Project MUSE This link opens in a new windowA set of approximately 40 electronic journals from Johns Hopkins University Press, predominantly in the humanities.
- Religion & Philosophy Collection (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowExtensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, religious history, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. Contains more than 300 full text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles.
- Salem History This link opens in a new windowIncludes the complete content of the print versions of reference sets on U.S. and world history including the American decades of the twentieth century. Search for entries on African Americans and related topics
- Gale in Context: World History This link opens in a new windowInformation on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in world history over 5,000 years from antiquity to the present and geographically around the world from reference books, journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, and audio files.