West African Native Thumb Piano or Mbira c. 1750. University of Glasgow, RLG Cultural Materials

Barnard College Library Research Guide BC3998 Senior Research Seminar in Africana Studies Professor Kim Hall Fall 2007 Librarian: Karen Dobrusky

For help with your research, visit the reference desk (hours) on the second floor of Barnard Library, or contact a Barnard reference librarian:
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Contents
Reference Books | CLIO | Databases & Indexes |Country Overviews
 Other Libraries Catalogs  & Interlibrary Loan| RefWorks & EndNote |  Consultation Request

REFERENCE BOOKS

Use for:

• an overview of a topic
• background information
• factual information
• bibliographies
• located on the 2nd floor of the Barnard Library

CLIO

CLIO (Columbia Libraries Information Online) is the on-line catalog for the Barnard & Columbia Libraries. CLIO can be searched by author, title, subject and keyword.  Help for searching CLIO is available on the Web CLIO opening screen. 

• You can enter CLIO from the Barnard Library Home Page or from the Columbia University Libraries Home Page
• Help with searching ("search tips") is available on the bottom of the opening search screen
• The holdings of the Health Sciences Library as well as the Union Theological Seminary are included in CLIO
• The Law Library's catalog is Pegasus, Teacher's College catalog is Educat and JTS' catalog is Aleph
• To search CLIO, Pegasus and Educat simultaneously click on the "Search all CU catalogs" tab on the opening CLIO screen
•  The Center for Human Rights Documentation & Research is located in room 304 at Lehman Library
   

Sample Searches:
*Title search: Type in as much of the title that you know
encyclopedia of african american culture and history
journal of african american history

*Author search: put last name, then first name
achebe chinua

Finding a book about a person or a subject: start with a Keyword search using the most distinctive words associated with the topic. Then look for useful subject headings and do a Subject search.

*Keyword search: use: ("  ") for a phrase, and use ? for truncation (to find variant endings of a word)
ngo nigeria
infanticide literature africa?
"human rights" nigeria
gentrification and ("south africa or johannesburg or harlem)

*Subject search: use Library of Congress (LC) subject headings
uganda history
urban renewal africa
isegawa moses
infanticide in literature
women nigeria

Limiting to books in Barnard Library: use the Pre-set Limits or Post Limits option

Call numbers: Overview of the Library of Congress Classification Outline

Note that although the Barnard Library is in Lehman Hall, CLIO location Lehman means the Social Sciences library at Columbia; Barnard books have the location Barnard.

 

DATABASES & INDEXES: For Finding Periodical & Journal Articles

On the Databases list, which you can access from the Barnard Library Home Page or Columbia University Libraries Home Page, there are links to many indexes which give citations, abstracts and some full-text for articles in various disciplines. Many databases have e-Links which will search to see if the full-text of a particular item is available online through Columbia's resources. If you are unable to locate an item full-text search CLIO directly for the journal title. 

The following indexes and databases are probably the most helpful for researching Africana Studies & Gender Studies topics.

Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for nearly 4,700 publications.

Africa-wide: NiPAD
Index to publications and unpublished manuscripts about and from Africa in history, literature, music ,arts, business and social sciences, 1981 to present.

All Africa. Com
Multi-lingual streaming programming and a searchable article archive.

America: History and Life
Major periodical index to scholarly journals containing articles on all aspects of American and Canadian history, 1954 to present.

Anthropological Index
An index to anthropological journals currently received by the Museum of Mankind Library (London), which incorporates the former Royal Anthropological Institute library.

Anthropological Literature
Anthropological literature describes articles and essays on anthropology and archaeology, including art history, demography, economics, linguistics, psychology and religious studies.

AnthroSource
Integrates over 100 years of the American Anthropological Associations' publications in a single searchable resource.

Avery Index to Periodical Literature
Citations for articles in architecture periodicals, international in scope.

Black Studies Center
This fully cross-searchable gateway to Black Studies includes scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspapers, articles and more. From Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index to Black Periodicals and the Chicago Defender.

Black Thought and Culture: African Americans to 1975
Contains full-text, 989 sources with 947 authors, covering the non-fiction works of leading African American authors.

Caribbean Abstracts
Catalog containing abstracts in English of selected books and articles about the Caribbean published in the humanities and social sciences since 1989.

CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
Includes working papers, conference proceedings, journals, books, a schedule of events, and links and resources.

Contemporary Women's Issues 
Full-text articles and reports about women from U.S. and international sources.

Gender Studies
Citations for articles on women's studies, gender studies, employment, family planning, feminism, feminist studies, feminist theory & history, gender, gender studies, international feminism, political/social activism, racial/ethnic studies, reproductive rights, sex discrimination, women’s studies, 1972 to the present.

GenderWatch
Feminist and gender studies, full text.

HLAS: Handbook of Latin American Studies
Major Bibliography and index to publications from and about Latin America and the Caribbean.
Searchable from 1935 to present.

Historical Abstracts
Citations to articles in world history excluding U.S. & Canada including time period from 1450 to present. Articles, books and dissertations, 1982 to present.
search hints: use keywords, "   " for phrases, * for truncation; Also note

Humanities Full Text
Citations and abstracts for articles in the humanities, including history, literature and more, 1984-present.
Search Tips: Use " " for a phrase; * for truncation, Use keyword option

Humanities and Social Sciences Retrospective, 1907-1984
Indexes major journals in both humanities and social sciences topics and includes some links to full- text articles.

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
Contains core social sciences and related materials from over 100 countries in more than 90 languages including over 2600 journals and books, book reviews, and book chapters.

International Political Science Abstracts
A bibliographic database which indexes and abstracts articles in the field of political science including the sub-fields of public administration, political theory and international relations published in journals and yearbooks from all over the world.

JSTOR, the Scholarly Journal Archive
An archive of full text articles from more than 350 scholarly journals in anthropology, African studies, education, history, philosophy, political science, population studies, sociology and others from each journal's first issue but excluding the most current, usually 3-5 years. Includes World Politics, Political Science Quarterly and many more titles.

LION: Literature Online
English and American poetry, drama, prose, biographies, and secondary sources, from the Anglo-Saxon period to the 20th century.
Search Tips: To find critical articles click on "Search criticism and reference" 
Phrase is assumed - use "and" if not a phrase; * for truncation

MLA Bibliography
Major database for literature, language, linguistics and folklore. Citations for articles, dissertations, books, book chapters, etc. from 1963 to the present.  
Search Tips: Use " " for a phrase; * for truncation

PAIS: Public Affairs Information Services
Indexes articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories in the area of public affairs. Topics include business, government, international relations, banking, environment, health, social sciences and more.

Primary Sources in African American History
Provides access to the full-text of selected primary sources (including autobiographies, speeches,
legislation, Supreme Court decisions) and secondary sources (articles from reference books and scholarly
journals). Includes prints and photographs. Contains material from colonial times up to the recent past.

Project Muse
Full text articles from more than 170 scholarly journals published by Johns Hopkins University Press in the humanities and social sciences. Included are Africa Today, Human Rights Quarterly and man more titles. Includes most recent years only.

ADDITIONAL DATABASES & SPECIALIZED DATABASES

Access UN: United Nations
Provides access and full text of U.N. publications

Alternative-Press Watch
Full-text articles from alternative press publications.

American Memory
Note Africana related collections in this extensive database: African Americans-Pamphlets, 1825-1909, Liberia-Maps and more.

Ethnic NewsWatch
Full text articles from newspapers and periodicals published by the ethnic, minority and native press in the U.S. Coverage is from 1960 to date. Also see History section for earlier dates.

Factiva
Factiva provides access to global news and business information, including local newspapers, same-day newswires, company reports, and media programs. Provides company information including market data and competitors. Includes full-text of the Wall Street Journal.

Lexis-Nexis Academic
Contains domestic, e.g. New York Times, as well as many foreign newspapers/resources in full-text including the Times, London, BBC Monitoring Middle East, but they are not grouped by country. Hence it is necessary to know the name of a newspaper in order to search it. Also you may select the Guided News Search and the World News category, and then the appropriate region.  After that, it is possible to examine the Source List to see which newspapers are available, coverage generally begins in mid-1980s.

World News Connection
Full-text summaries and translations of newspaper articles, conference proceedings, radio and television broadcasts, periodicals, non-classified technical reports and local media sources from around the world
 

COUNTRY OVERVIEWS

CountryWatch
Up-to-date news, data, background briefings, & analysis on every country of the world.
Country Profiles: from the Library of Congress
eiu.com
EIU, (Economic Intelligence Unit) publications including Country Reports, Country Monitor, Country Commerce and Country Finance publications for 115 countries.
Europa World Plus
Europa World Plus is the online version of the Europa World Year Book and the nine-volume Europa Regional Surveys of the World series; Economic, political, historical, and geographic profiles of 250+ countries and global regions.
World Fact Book: CIA

ADDITIONAL AFRICANA DATABASES and RESOURCES

African American Biographical Database
African American Music Reference
African American Song
African American Women: A Biographical Dictionary
African Studies Companion Online
Black Drama: 1850 to present

SUBJECT GUIDES FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

African Studies Resources: from Lehman Library
African Studies Internet Resources: from Lehman Library
African American Studies: from Butler Library
Directory of Development Organizations
Economic & Political Development Information Resrouces: from Lehman Library
Foreign Press Translations: from Lehman Library
General Statistical Sources: from Lehman Library
Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Resources: fom CU Libraries
Intergovernmental Organizations: from Business Library
Latin American & Iberian Studies: from Lehman Library
New York City Resources: from Lehman Library
Urban Planning: Resources for Research: from Avery Library
Women in Development: from Lehman Library
Women's Studies: from Columbia and Barnard Libraries

OTHER LIBRARIES & INTERLIBRARY LOAN

CATNYP is the online catalog of the NYPL research library and LEO is the online catalog of the NYPL Branch Libraries.
The holdings of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture as well as the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts are included in the main catalog, Catnyp.

RefWorks & EndNote
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