Survey of Library Guides to African Studies

Recently many libraries switched to a software called LibGuide (Springshare).  Here are some noteworthy examples for these “Guides to resources for African Studies research”:

• Melville J. Herskovits Library, Northwestern University, LibGuide Africana (Digital Resources)
• University of Florida, Library Guides (Key resources)
• Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies, Oxford, Guide to Resources (Archives)
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, African Studies Internet Portal
• MSU Libraries, Guide
• UCLA, Research Guide (News Sources, Reference Sources)
• The University of Chicago Library, Library Guides (Data, Film)
• University of Wisconsin – Madison, Research Guides (Apartheid, Gendered Violence, Senegal)
• New York University, Research Guide Africana Studies
• University of Michigan, Research & Technology Guide
• Ohio University, LibGuide
• Duke University, LibGuide
• Syracuse University Library, Subject Guide
• Emory University Libraries, Research Guide & Film &  Primary Sources

Some further Guides (not with LibGuide):

• Boston University, African Studies Library, Guides and Tutorials
• University of California Berkeley, Research Tools
• SOAS, Subject Guide
• British Library, Resources for African studies & African official publications
• University of Cambridge, Centre of African Studies Library, On-line Subject Resources

Finally, some Guides from Germany in German:

• ilissAfrica, African Studies Informationskompetenz (information literacy)
• Clio-online Guide Afrika (history)

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