Survey of Library Guides to African Studies
November 22, 2010 Leave a comment
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)