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Africana Studies

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Bibliographic Index
Online access to Bibliographic Index is no longer available.  Print volumes for 1937-2008 (v.1-48) are available in Carrier Library. Please stop by the public service desk for assistance with retrieval.  [more info]
Carrier Library - Reference
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Cambridge Histories Online (Cambridge University Press)
Cambridge Histories Online provides political, economic and social history, philosophy and literature...  [more info]
Campus/Remote
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Cambridge Histories: Regional History (Cambridge University Press)
Online access to complete full text of the respected Cambridge Histories of:  Africa, Ancient China, China, Early Inner Asia, Egypt, and Iran.
Lengthy signed articles and rich bibliographies.  Keep in mind that some volumes were published over 20 years ago; if so, you will want to use other sources to update the bibliographies.  [more info]
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Credo Reference (Credo Reference)
Search over 500 reference titles using Credo.  [more info]
Campus/Remote
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Guide to Reference (ALA)
A selective guide of reference sources, organized by academic discipline...  [more info]
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Oxford Bibliographies Online (Oxford University Press)
Find subject specific lists of scholarly articles in Oxford Bibliographies Online (OBO).  Each research guide in OBO provides an introduction to the topic and annotated bibliographic lists of books and articles recommended by scholars in the field.  [more info]
Campus/Remote
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Oxford Reference Online (Oxford University Press)
Database of full-text scholarly reference books on all subjects.  [more info]
Campus/Remote

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