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Fall
2008 - K. Mule
reference
contact: Bruce Sajdak x2967
Background
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Books
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GETTING
STARTED: FINDING BACKGROUND INFORMATION
African
History
| Reference
Source |
Reference
Call Number |
| New Encyclopedia
of Africa |
ref
DT 2 .N48 2008
or click here |
| Encyclopedia
of African History and Culture |
ref
DT 3 .P27 2005 |
| Encyclopedia
of African History |
ref
DT 20 .E53 2005 |
| CountryWatch
|
click
here |
| Europa
World Plus |
click
here |
African
Literature
| Reference
Source |
Reference
Call Number |
Dictionary
of Literary Biography
(see especially vols. 117, 125, & 157)
|
ref
PN 451 .D53 |
| African
Writers |
ref
PL 8010 .A453 1997 |
Encyclopedia
of African Literature
|
ref
PL 8010 .E63 2003 |
Encyclopedia
of Post-Colonial Literatures in English
|
ref
PR 9080 .A52 E53 1994 |
| Companion
to African Literatures |
ref
PR 9340 .C65 2000 |
| Columbia
Guide to East African Literature after 1945 |
ref
PR 9340 .G55 2007 |
| Dictionary
of African Mythology |
ref
BL 2400 .S24 2000
or click
here |
| African
Folklore: An Encyclopedia |
ref
GR 350 .A33 2004 |
| World
Literature and Its Times: African Literature and Its Times (Vol.2) |
ref
PL 8010 .M65 2000 |
| Historical
Companion to Postcolonial Thought in English |
ref
PR 9080 .A52 H57 2005 |
FINDING
BOOKS: USING THE FIVE COLLEGE LIBRARY SYSTEM
Search
in the Five College Library
Catalog. Search first by using the SUBJECT BEGINS WITH
search, then later by KEYWORD, under terms such as:
| MOST
GENERAL: |
African
literature |
| BY
LANGUAGE: |
African
literature English
African literature French |
| BY
GENRE: |
African
drama
African fiction |
| BY
GENDER: |
African
literature (or drama) women authors |
| BY
COUNTRY: |
Nigerian
literature; Nigerian drama |
| BY
THEME: |
Women
in literature; family in literature; imperialism in literature |
| BY
NAME: |
Ngugi
wa Thiongo |
| FOR
BACKGROUND: |
Women
Nigeria; Nigeria social life and customs; Nigeria social conditions |
FINDING
ARTICLES
Literature
Humanities
Abstracts 1983+
MLA
International Bibliography 1963+
AfricaBib.org
J-STOR
(back issues excluding most recent 2-3 years)
FUN
WEBSITE ON AFRICAN LITERATURE
African
Postcolonial Literature in English
CITE
YOUR SOURCES
For
guidance on citing sources correctly visit the Libraries' Style
Manuals page. See especially links to MLA (Modern Language Association
of America) style.
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CONTACT
THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN
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Bruce Sajdak, the instructor for your library session: bsajdak@email.smith.edu
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