Contents
Preface to the 4th edition
Introduction
1. General online resources on Africa and African studies,
and the best starting points on the Web
African search engines, Web directories, and portals
General Web resources on Africa
Academic and scholarly resources on African studies
Beginners' guides and Web tutorials
Gateways, portals and mega sites
Databases, indexes, and thesauri
Guides to library, archival and manuscript
collections, and sound archives
Guides to media and the press
Guides to museums
Photographic images and objects databases and
archives
Directories
Sources for e-books
Directories of African studies scholars
Online teaching guides and overviews of current
African studies research
Guides to funding sources and study abroad
programmes
Theses/e-theses and dissertations
2. The major general reference tools
(print or print/online, CD-ROM, and microform)
Annuals and yearbooks
Bibliographies and guides to sources
Africa (General)
Some regional bibliographies and sources
Dictionaries and glossaries
Directories of libraries and museums
Directories of publishers and the media
Directories of organizations and institutions
Directories and guides to research and teaching,
and of Africanist scholars (in print format)
General interest reference resources
Guides to government, official and UN publications
Guides to library collections and archival sources
Handbooks and encyclopaedias
Research materials in microform
Theses and dissertations
3. Current bibliographies, indexing and abstracting services,
and review media (print and online)
Current bibliographies and continuing sources
Collective online catalogue databases
Abstracting and indexing services
Book review media and book review indexes
Book review media (print and online)
Book review indexes (multidisciplinary)
4. Major biographical resources (print, microfiche, and online)
Print and microfiche
Online
5. Guides and resources for African languages
(print and online)
Print (or print/online, and microfilm)
Online
6. Guides to statistical sources, economic, financial and
population data (print, microfiche and online)
Print
Microfiche
Online
7. Cartographic and geographic information sources/
Map sales and map vendors (print and online)
Print
CD-ROM
Online
Map sales and map vendors
France
Germany
South Africa
United Kingdom
United States
8. Guides to film and video/DVD resources
(print and online)
Print
Online
Vendors and distributors
9. Journals and magazines (print and online)
Guides to journals and journals online
Table of contents alerting services and other journal resources
African studies periodicals - a directory
AFRICA
Benin
Botswana
Cameroon
Congo Democratic Republic
Ethiopia
Ghana
Kenya
Lesotho
Malawi
Mozambique
Nigeria
Senegal
South Africa
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
ASIA
China
India
AUSTRALASIA & PACIFIC
Australia
Japan
EUROPE
Belgium
Finland
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Russia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
NORTH AMERICA
Canada
United States
SOUTH AMERICA/CENTRAL AMERICA
Brazil
Cuba
10. News sources for Africa
11. The African press
Introduction
Directory of the African press
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Central African
Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo (Brazzaville)
Congo Democratic Republic
Côte d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
The Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
São Tomé e Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia/Somaliland
South Africa
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Western Sahara
Zambia
Zimbabwe
12. Major African studies library collections in Europe,
North America, and elsewhere outside Africa
EUROPE
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Russia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
NORTH AMERICA
Canada
United States
ASIA & MIDDLE EAST
China
India
Israel
AUSTRALASIA/PACIFIC
Australia
Japan
New Zealand
SOUTH AMERICA
Brazil
Mexico
13. Major academic libraries and national archives in Africa
Online guides and directories of African libraries
and archives
Major academic and special libraries in Africa with
African studies collections
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo (Brazzaville)
Congo Democratic Republic
Côte d'Ivoire
Egypt
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
The Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Réunion
Rwanda
Senegal
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
National archives
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo (Brazzaville)
Congo Democratic Republic
Côte d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
The Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
São Tomé e Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
14. Centres of African studies and African studies programmes
worldwide (including African American and Black studies programmes)
EUROPE
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Russia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
NORTH AMERICA
Canada
United States
AFRICA
Egypt
Cameroon
Côte d'Ivoire
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Ghana
Kenya
Lesotho
Morocco
Mozambique
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Sudan
Tunisia
Uganda
CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina
Brazil
Columbia
Cuba
Mexico
AUSTRALASIA & PACIFIC
Australia
Japan
ASIA & MIDDLE EAST
China
India
Israel
15. Africanist documentation and African studies bibliography
Organizations
Resources and publications (print and online)
16. Publishers with African studies lists in Africa, Europe,
and in North America
AFRICA
Africa: Index and key to publisher subject areas
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Congo (Brazzaville)
Congo Democratic Republic
Côte d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Ghana
Guinea
Kenya
Lesotho
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
EUROPE
Europe: Index and key to publisher subject areas
Belgium
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
NORTH AMERICA
North America: Index and key to publisher subject areas
Canada
United States
17. Dealers and distributors of African studies materials
EUROPE
Belgium
Denmark
France
Germany
Ireland
Netherlands
Portugal
Switzerland
United Kingdom
NORTH AMERICA
Canada
United States
AFRICA
Algeria
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Congo Democratic Republic
Côte d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
The Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Kenya
Lesotho
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nigeria
Rwanda
Senegal
South Africa
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
ELSEWHERE
India
Japan
18. Major African and international organizations
Major Africa-based organizations
United Nations agencies and related organizations
The World Bank Group of organizations, and similar
agencies
Some other international organizations, associations,
institutes, NGOs, and networks (in Africa and
elsewhere)
19. Major foundations, donors, government and aid agencies
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Kenya
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Senegal
South Africa
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
20. African studies associations, societies, and networks
21. Online forums and mailing lists
Directories and guides to discussion groups
Select discussion groups and mailing lists
22. Awards and prizes in African studies
23. Information and communication development in Africa:
a guide to Web sites and resources
Africa on the Internet: General sources and learning
materials
E-journals, newsletters, and discussion groups
Internet access and ICT infrastructure in Africa
Communication initiatives and networking communities
Some recent studies, reports and articles
Digital libraries
24. Abbreviations and acronyms in
African studies
25. Using Google for African studies research:
a guide to effective Web searching
Contents
Introduction to the condensed and updated version
About this guide
Google's limitations
A word of caution: the nuisance of Web spam
Google's Web Search
How to search with Google & the Google Toolbar
Advanced Search & Google search operators
Additional commands & special syntaxes
Google's other search services
Google Directory
Google News
Google Image Search
Google Groups
Some other Google offerings
Google Book Search/Google Books Library
Project
Google Earth
Google/OCLC - Open WorldCat "Find in a
Library"
Google Scholar
Google Web Alerts/Google Alerts
Other search engines worth a try
Index (print edition only)
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