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Welcome
Welcome to the History of Modern Africa Research Guide.
On this guide I have recommended ways for you to find information resources, such as:
- background information to help you learn about a subject when you're beginning your research
- materials in Belk Library's catalog
- newspaper and scholarly journal articles in databases
- primary sources
Please let me know if you have questions; either chat with me by using the blue "Ask Me Now!" button on the left side of the page or email me below.
General Online Reference Sources
- Credo This link opens in a new windowCredo is an easy-to-use tool for starting research. Gather background information on your topic from hundreds of full-text encyclopedias, dictionaries, quotations, and subject-specific titles, as well as 500,000+ images and audio files and over 1,000 videos.
- African American Studies Center (AASC) This link opens in a new windowThe most comprehensive collection of scholarship to focus on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture. Over 2,500 images, more than 700 primary sources with specially written commentaries, and nearly 200 maps have been collected to enhance this reference content
- Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new windowThis is the Global History Collection which includes 34 titles including Cambridge World History, The Cambridge History of the Second World War, Cambridge History of Capitalism, Cambridge History of the Cold War and more.
- Gale E-Books This link opens in a new windowE-reference books, biographies on musicians, scientist, contemporary black biography, sport management, business plans and more.
Reference Books on African History
Belk Library has some excellent reference works on African history, all located in the Reference Collection on the 1st floor. Here are a few examples:
Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African & African American Experience by Call Number: REF. 960.03 Af83ap v.1-5ISBN: 0195170555Publication Date: 2005
An African Biographical Dictionary by Call Number: REF. 920.06 B783af2ISBN: 1592371124Publication Date: 2006
Encyclopedia of African History by Call Number: REF. 960.03 En19sh v.1-3ISBN: 1579582451Publication Date: 2005
Historical Dictionary of South Africa by Call Number: REF. 968.003 Sa87hiISBN: 0810836467Publication Date: 2000
