University of Connecticut | Resources for AFRICAN STUDIES
Contents:
- University of Connecticut Library Collections and Services
- Library Databases
- Electronic Journals and Citations
- Links to Internet Resources in African Studies
- Associations
- Peter Allison, Liaison Librarian
University of Connecticut Library Collections and Services
- The UCONN Libraries Catalog: HOMER UCAT
- Request for Purchase Form
Use this form to suggest titles to be added to the Libraries' collections. - Document Delivery and Interlibrary Loan Service
Available only to members of the UConn community. - Library Guides and Helps
- African Studies Journals on Current Subscription
Library Databases
General Databases-
Academic Universe (Lexis/Nexis)
Lexis/Nexis is available only to UConn faculty and students. - Research Database Locator
The University of Connecticut subscribes to over 240 Web-Based, commercially-produced research and citation databases. Most of these resources are limited to the University of Connecticut community. - InfoTrac SearchBank
An abstracting and fulltext service which provides indexing to 1550 general interest journals.
- PAIS
Public Affairs Information Service, an index to political, economic, and social issues in current debate. -
Sociological Abstracts
Indexes a variety of literature in all fields of theoretical and applied sociology, 1963+ Sociological Abstracts is international in scope and many foreign language journals are included. - World News Connection
Offers an extensive array of translated and English-language news and information from around the world.
Electronic Journals and Citations
- Electronic Journal Locator
The University of Connecticut Libraries purchases access to over 10,000 journals, online and in full text, through various databases and commercial online journal providers. eCompass can be used to determine if a title is available through one or more of the Libraries' electronic resources, and to connect to the database or online journal directly. - Citation Styles from Online!
- JSTOR (Journal STORage) Journals
- Project MUSE Journals - Johns Hopkins University Press journals
- New Jour: Electronic journals and newsletters
- Journals in African Studies:
- Africa News 1988- (via Academic Universe)
- Africa Analysis 10/3/97- (via Academic Universe)
- Africa News Service 12/17/98- (via InfoTrac)
- Africa Today via Project Muse ; Academic Universe ; WilsonWeb
Links to Internet Resources in African Studies
- A-Z of African Studies on the Internet by Dr. Peter Limb (MSU Africana Library)
- Africa Online
- African Studies Internet Resources (Columbia University)
- African Studies Links (Harvard University)
- African Studies Organizations & Departments (Academic Info)
- Africa South of the Sahara (Stanford)
- All Africa News Wire
- African Studies on H-Net
H-Net is an international interdisciplinary organization of scholars and teachers dedicated to developing the enormous educational potential of the Internet and the World Wide Web. The edited lists and web sites publish peer reviewed essays, multimedia materials, and discussion for colleagues and the interested public. The computing heart of H-Net resides at MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences Online, Michigan State University, but H-Net officers, editors and subscribers come from all over the globe. - Talking Africa Open Directory
The Talking Africa directory contains links to more than 7000 web sites in or about Africa - organized by topic, region and country. - WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources - Africa
A list of search engines and web directories for country, language, or region-specific searches maintained through Elizabethtown College (Pennsylvania)
Associations
- African Studies Association
- African Unification Front
- Africa Union (formerly Organization of African Unity)
- African Organizations, Institutes, & Associations (University of Pennsylvania)
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If you have questions or comments, please contact: Peter Allison Liaison Librarian to The Center for Contemporary African Studies The University of Connecticut Homer Babbidge Library 369 Fairfield Rd. Unit 100 5CD Storrs, CT 06269-1005 VOICE: (860)-486-2520 FAX: (860)-486-6493 MAIL TO: peter.allison@uconn.edu |
The Library
Liaison Program provides faculty and students with a personal contact to whom library-related issues and questions may be addressed. |