FIG: Exploring Africa

Contact Librarian: Miriam Rigby, rigby@uoregon.edu; (541) 346-7202

Background Information

• Encyclopedias and dictionaries by subject.
• Europa World Plus - an online database of political and economic data from over 250 countries and territories.

A few examples of useful print-Encyclopedias in Knight Library:

• Encyclopedia of Africa  (REF KNIGHT: DT3 .E53 2010  v.1-2)
• Historical dictionary of civil wars in Africa (REF KNIGHT: DT21.5 .A76 1999)
• Historical dictionary of Botswana (REF KNIGHT: DT2434 .M67 2008)
• Historical dictionary of Nigeria (REF KNIGHT: DT515.15 .F35 2009)
• Historical dictionary of Zambia (REF KNIGHT: DT3037 .G76 2008)

Scholarly / Peer-reviewed Article Sources

• Web of Science - Articles in the sciences, social sciences, & humanities.

Interview Questions

• Story Corp's Great Questions List

News Articles (Popular Media)

• World News Connection - Newspapers from around the world. You can search for articles in newspapers from individual countries, or from the entire continent of Africa.
• Historic New York Times (1851-3 years ago) - Full text NYTimes articles

Citation Help

• The Chicago Manual of Style Online is the most current (16th) edition.
• UO Libraries' Citation Style Help

Audio & Visual Materials

• Ethnographic Video Online - Documentaries & raw footage of human cultures. Tip: browse by geographic region
• Digital Images Guide provides links to our many image databases and collections.
• Films and Videos Guide helps you find films at the UO Libraries (on dvd, film, or vhs).

Audio-Visual Production Assistance

• Center for Media & Education Technologies - Borrow high-end equipment for recording, filming, photographing, etc.
• Cinema Studies Lab, in Knight Library - Mac computers loaded with audio-visual software (for when the basic software options on the student computers in Knight aren't enough.)