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Research Guide for
GOVERNMENT 400.04 African Politics
Encyclopedias
Periodical
and Newspaper Indexes & Full Text Sources Statistical
Sources
Internet Resources | APA
Citation Style| Online Catalog
*ENCYCLOPEDIAS*
- Africana: the Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience.
Kwame Anthony Appiah, Henry Louis Gates, editors. New York: Basic Civitas
Books, 1999. (Olin Ref + DT 14 A37435x 1999)
Inspired by W.E.B. DuBois's dream of editing a Pan African encyclopedia
of the African diaspora, this single-volume, 2000-page reference work aims
to provide broad coverage of its subject. At the same time, its primary
focus is on history (political and social), literature, and the arts to
which African contributions have been especially notable. Roughly 2/5 of
the entries cover Africa, 1/3 Latin America and the Caribbean, 1/3 North
America, and the rest cross-cultural topics. The work features maps, charts,
tables and photographs, twelve substantive essays by noted scholars, and
a selected bibliography. Signed entries cover subjects as King Sunny Ade,
Ghanian Coffin Art, and U.S. Reconstruction after the Civil War.
- Africa South of the Sahara. London : Europa Publications Ltd. 1971
- . (Olin Ref DT351 A25 +; also Africana)
An annual compendium of up-to-date information and data surveying the
geography, recent history, politics, and economy of sub-Saharan African
countries. Each country profile includes statistical tables and a directory
of government agencies, national media outlets, and trade associations.
Also contains background articles by experts on the region.
- Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara. John Middleton, Editor-in-chief.
4 vols. New York : C. Scribner's Sons, 1997.(Olin Ref
DT351 E53x 1997+; also Africana Ref)
Considered the standard multi-volume encyclopedia on the history and culture
of sub-Saharan Africa, each signed article contains a bibliography of related
readings. Entries on specific events or individuals tend to be shorter, while
those on broader subjects (Death, Mourning and Ancestors; Gender; Archaeology
and Prehistory; Diaspora) are much longer and quite substantive.
- The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Political Science. 1991. (OLIN
REF JA 61 B62 1991)
Provides a succinct guide to the central concepts used in the study of the
political institutions of advanced industrial societies, the principal political
organizations and movements in these societies and the main types of political
community. Includes an index and lists of additional readings.
- The Middle East and North Africa London: Europa, 1964- . (Uris Ref
DS 49 M62; also Olin and Africana)
An annual publication, divided into three sections: Part I gives background
information on the Middle East and North Africa, Part II lists its regional
organizations, and Part III lists, alphabetically, all of the countries
of the Middle East and North Africa with long, descriptive essays and much
statistical data. In addition to a brief historical and political overview,
entries include data on farming, industry, finance, trade, tourism, education,
communications media and more. Constitutions are given, names of members
of the government, religions, etc. Each section ends with a bibliography
of further readings about that particular country.
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*PERIODICAL AND NEWSPAPER INDEXES & FULL TEXT RESOURCES*
- Academic Search Premier
Provides citations and abstracts for articles from over 4,140 journals, and includes full text from over 3,170 journals.
- African
Studies Database African Studies is an exclusive combination
of 16 databases from three continents providing access to multi-disciplinary
information on Africa. Combining 16 databases from three continents searchable
together for the first time, this premier information resource contains over
849,270+ indexed references, many with abstracts. Records are derived from
books, periodical articles, pamphlets, maps and music recordings. Topics include
politics, history, economics, business, mining, development, social issues,
anthropology, literature, language, law, music and much more.
- ERIC database and ERIC (Online) 1966- . ERIC abstracts journal articles and other
literature broadly related to education. Many materials, such as conference
papers, program descriptions, and project reports are available in Mann Library's
ERIC Microfiche. (These appear in the database with "ED" record numbers; journals
articles have "EJ" record numbers.)
- Ethnic
Newswatch. 1991 - . Full text articles from ethnic
and minority presses in America. In English and Spanish.
- Factiva.
Dates of coverage vary. Provides access to global news and
business information, including local newspapers, same-day newswires, company
reports, and media programs.
- GenderWatch.
1970- . GenderWatch is a full text database of publications
that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas.
The database provides in-depth coverage of the subjects that are uniquely
central to women's lives, including family, childbirth, birth control, daycare,
domestic abuse, work and the workplace, sexual harassment, aging, aging parents,
body image, eating disorders and social and societal roles.
- Index
to Legal Periodicals and Books. 1981 - . An online index to articles
in legal journals such as law school, law reviews and bar association journals,
as well as commentary on important court decisions. Prior to 1981, the index
is available in print at the Law Library [KF 8 I37].
- JSTOR.
Dates of coverage vary. A fully-searchable database containing
the back issues of several hundred scholarly journals in the humanities, social
sciences, mathematics, music, ecology and botany, business and other fields.
It includes the following collections: Arts & sciences I, II and III,
General science, Ecology and botany, Business, Language and literature.
- Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe. Dates of coverage vary. A web-based
database providing access to full text resources on topics including current
and general news; business and financial information; newspapers; company
directories; government and politics; medical and health topics; accounting,
auditing, and tax; federal and state laws; legal cases; and regulations. Resources
include TV and radio news transcripts. Updated daily.
- PAIS
International. 1972 - . Contains citations to public
policy literature of economics, government, law, international business, political
science, public administration, and other social sciences. It includes references
to journal articles, books, government documents, reports and pamphlets in
English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. Covers many periodicals
in these subjects not indexed elsewhere. Available in print in Olin Reference
as: Public Affairs Information Service, Bulletin, 1915 - . [+ Z 7163
P97]
- Research Library. 1986 - . Indexes and abstracts over 1,500
periodicals, covering general interest magazines and scholarly journals in
the social sciences, humanities and sciences. Also included are citations
and abstracts to selected television and radio programs. Now also includes
the full text of many indexed articles.
- Social
Sciences Citation Index [SSCI]. 1988 - . Covering
over 2,000 journals in the social sciences (some selectively), SSCI is a web
based databases of bibliographic information, indexed to be searched by subject,
author, journal, and/or author address. SSCI can also be searched for articles
that cite a known author or work. Cited reference searching allows use of
a given work as if it were a subject term, to identify more recent articles
on the same topic. The print version allows for similar searching, in one
of three component sections (Source Index, Citation Index, and Permuterm Subject
Index). Available in print and/or on CD-ROM in Olin Reference (1956 - ) [+
Z 7161 S68].
- Sociological
Abstracts. 1963 - . Contains records from 3,000 journals
covering sociology, social work, and other social sciences. Also contains
abstracts of papers presented at conferences. Available in print (1952 - )
in Olin Reference [+ Z 7163 S67].
- Women's
Resources International. 1972- . An interdisciplinary
database combined from Women Studies Abstracts (1984-present), Women's
Studies Database (1972-present), New Books on Women and Feminism
(1987-present), Women of Color and Southern Women (1975-present), The
History of Women and Science, Health, and Technology: A Bibliographic Guide
to the Professions and Disciplines (1970-1995), Women's Health and
Development: An Annotated Bibliography (1995), Women, Race, and Ethnicity:
A Bibliography (1970-1990), WAVE: Women's Audiovisuals in English:
A Guide to Nonprint Resources in Women's Studies (1985-1990). NISC will
add new databases as they become available.
Other networked indexes and abstracts can be found on the Cornell
Library Gateway.
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*STATISTICAL SOURCES*
- FactSearch.
A guide to statistical statements on current social, economic, political,
environmental and health issues, derived from some 1,000 newspapers, periodicals,
newsletter and documents such as the Christian Science Monitor, the Congressional
Record, Congressional hearings, Daily Press Briefings of the White House,
State Department and Department of Defense, and Australian, British and Canadian
Parliamentary Debates. Web links to free full text are included frequently.
- Statistical Abstract of the United States. 1878- .
(OLIN REF HA202 A25; also Uris Ref)
"The standard annual summary of statistics on the social, political and
economic organization of the United States. It is designed to serve as a
convenient volume for statistical reference and is a guide to other statistical
publications and sources." (Preface) Appendix I refers to tables that update
the series cited in Historical Statistics of the U.S. Appendix III, "Statistical
Methodology and Reliability," defines basic U.S. surveys and notes limitations,
such as sampling errors. A subject index is included to help find material
by topic. An online version is available in LexisNexis statistical (below).
- LexisNexis Statistical. 1973 - . Provides comprehensive access
to US and international statistical information. Includes an index to over
100,000 US government statistical publications from 1973 to present, abstracts
and tables, and background information. Links to some full text. Based on
three separate print indexes: American Statistics Index (1973- )
(OLIN REF + Z 1223 A2 A5), Index to International Statistics
(1983- ) (OLIN REF + Z 7552 I38), and Statistical
Reference Index (1980- ) (OLIN REF + Z 7554 U5 S79).
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INTERNET
RESOURCES
*SELECTED WEB SITES*
Minority at Risk data set:
Demographic and health surveys:
Household Surveys:
Various UN databases:
A wealth of other possibilities:
Data Sources:
This dataset from the UN Human Development report contains data on social indicators.
http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/
This site provides updated population data by country.
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/
This site contains a range of economic data; just select the country/region and the indicators you would like to find.
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/idbprint.html
From the World Bank Governance project, data on political institutions
http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi2007/
or http://go.worldbank.org/EAAD9A0GA0
Data on military expenditure, arms ect.
http://www.sipri.org/contents/webmaster/databases
World Matrix of Sectoral Economic Data
http://www.hwwa.de/wmatrix/Home.html
Freedom House data: 1) Freedom in the World, 2) Freedom of the Press
http://www.freedomhouse.org
Minorities at Risk dataset (requires registration)
http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/inscr/mar/
Information on heads of state
http://rulers.org/
Data bases on poverty and living standards
http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/dg/povertys.nsf/Surveys%20By%20Country?OpenView&Start=1&Count=1000&Expand=116#116
or http://www.worldbank.org/lsms/
Demographic and health surveys
http://www.measuredhs.com/data/dnload/dset_dnload.cfm?Proj_ID=6741&CFID=292781&CFTOKEN=92104694
or http://www.statcompiler.com/
Household Surveys
http://surveynetwork.org/home/?lvl1=activities&lvl2=catalog&lvl3=surveys
various UN databases
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/databases.htm
*SEARCH ENGINES AND ONLINE RESOURCES*
Use search engines or Internet subject guides to find resources
or sites on the World Wide Web on your topic. Search Engines are software
that allow you to search the contents of web pages and Subject Guides
are web pages that use menus and lists to sort and classify web sites.
Question Authority! The Internet is a very democratic
tool, in that anyone can write or say virtually anything they wish to on it.
As you would do with books and journal articles, look to see who is responsible
for producing the web page or site that you are accessing. Does the individual
or institution have a particular bias or concern or agenda in presenting their
information. How objective is the information? How accurate or truthful? How
authoritative?
Five criteria
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