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The following is a web-guide to African politics resources is intended for use by any inquirers and/or researchers. This page discloses online resources. For print-only resources click here.
HANDBOOKS AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS
- Africa South of the Sahara through Europa World Plus
- Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
- Middle East and North Africa through Europa World Plus
AFRICAN STUDIES INDEXES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES
- Africa Bibliography
- African Studies Centre (Leiden) Database
- African Women’s Bibliographic Database
- Africana Periodical Literature Bibliographic Database
- Index Islamicus
- International African Bibliography
- Quarterly Index of African Periodical Literature
GENERAL INDEXES AND DATABASES
- Alternative Press Index
- Ethnic NewsWatchIncludes full text access to 200 U.S. newspapers and journals with much coverage of Africa.
- Expanded Academic Index (Infotrac)
- International Political Science Abstracts
- JSTOR
- Liberation Journals Index
- Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin (Includes PAIS Archive and PAIS International)
- Social Sciences Citation Index
- Social Sciences Index
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES
- Biography Index (H.W. Wilson)
- Current Biography Illustrated (H.W. Wilson)