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Academic Search Premier
Coverage: 1975-present (with selected older titles). A multi-disciplinary database with significant full-text. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study.

Africa Bibliography
A core index for African Studies. 
Print: from 1984 to 2005.  Case Ref DT3 .A35 
Online access:  After 2006 it can be found online on Project Muse as part of the journal "Africa : the journal of the International African Institute."  Connect and use the "search this journal" box to search within both the journal and the bibliography.

eHRAF World Cultures
Coverage: 1997-present. Scholarly journals, books, research reports, and dissertations on anthropology, sociology, ethnology, and culture with an emphasis on non-Western cultures. formerly titled: eHRAF Collection of Ethnography

Historical Abstracts
Historical Abstracts covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women`s history, history of education, and more.

Humanities & Social Science Index Retrospective
Coverage: 1907-1984. Allows search of a wide range of important journals in the humanities and social sciences.

International African Bibliography
A core index to African studies periodicals and books. Each issue contains two sections: articles and monographs (i.e. books). Within each section, arranged by country and then by subject.
Print: from 1973-  present  Case Ref DT3 .I58 
Online Access:  2000- present

Encyclopedias

Cambridge Histories Online
Currently the collection contains more than 258 digitized volumes  from the esteemed Cambridge Histories series covering 15 subject areas. Useful for locating background information in almost any subject in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences.

Encyclopedia of Food & Culture
2002 ed. Presents articles on food and its place in human culture and society, including entries on everything from food preparation, distribution and storage to holidays and festivals, nutrition and health, and cultures and cuisines.

Encyclopaedia Aethiopica - Call Number: CASE Ref. DT373 .E53 2003 vol. 1-3
Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 2003-<2007 >

Africana : the encyclopedia of the African and African American experience - Call Number: Case Ref DT14 .A37435 2005
A highly regarded reference work with strong focus on the African continent and its descendant cultures in Latin America, the Caribbean and North America. To a lesser extent it also covers the African presence in Europe, Asia and the rest of the world.

Countries & Their Cultures
2001 ed. Focuses on cultures and countries around the world, specifically what is and is not shared culturally by the people who live in a particular country. Entries contain descriptive summaries of the country in question, including demographic, historical, cultural, economic, religious, and political information.

Encyclopedia of Africa south of the Sahara - Call Number: CASE Ref. DT351 .E53 1997 vol. 1-4
New York : C. Scribners Sons, 1997

Encyclopedia of African history / Kevin Shillington, editor - Call Number: CASE Ref. DT20 .E53 2005
New York : Fitzroy Dearborn, 2005. volumes 1-3.

Encyclopedia of twentieth-century African history - Call Number: CASE Ref. DT29 .E53 2003
London ; New York : Routledge, 2003

Encyclopedia of World Cultures
1996 ed. Lists and describes more than 1,500 global cultures. It is the one of the primary resources for historical, social, political, economic, linguistic, religious, and other information on most cultures. Additional cultures are covered in the supplement (which is a separate resource)

Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement
2002 ed. Lists and describes more than 100 global cultures not covered in the original 10 volume set. Users need to search both the original set and this supplement as there is not overlapping coverage.

Europa World Plus
Coverage: current. the online version of the Europa World Year Book, covering political and economic information in more than 250 countries and territories.

New Encyclopedia of Africa
2008 ed. Addresses the entire history of African cultures from the pharaohs and the ancient civilizations of the south through the colonial era to the emergence of 53 independent countries, some of them newly emergent in world commerce and others deep in conflict. Covers issues facing the continent such as global development, the AIDS crisis, and international terrorism.

Oxford Art Online
Coverage: current. Grove Art Online has been relaunched as Oxford Art Online. Provides web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, also offering thumbnail art images, line drawings, and extensive image links.

Newspapers

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports
Coverage: 1976-1996. Translations of foreign radio and television broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from foreign countries. Series 1 through 6 have been released. They cover Africa, Asia, East Europe, Latin American, and the Middle East.

LexisNexis Academic
Coverage: varies, generally 1980s-- . A multi-disciplinary database, with especially strong news, business and legal material.

Newspapers -- International

Access World News - International Edition
Coverage: varies by title. Access World News provides full-text information and perspectives from over 700 international sources, each with its own distinctive focus offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues. This title does not include U.S. news.

Dictionaries

Historical dictionary of Ethiopia and Eritrea. 2nd ed. - Call Number: CASE Ref. DT381 .R57 1994
Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, c1994

Historical dictionary of pre-colonial Africa - Call Number: Case Ref DT17 .C65 2001
Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2001

Bibliographies

Ethiopia - Call Number: CASE Ref. DT373 .M85 1995
Oxford, England ; Santa Barbara, Calif. : Clio Press, c1995 World bibliographical series ; v. 179

Ethiopia, a comprehensive bibliography - Call Number: CASE Ref. DT373 .M55 1989
Boston : G.K. Hall, c1989

Data/Statistics

African development indicators - Call Number: CASE Ref. HC800.A1 A356
The library owns the editions of this wonderful World Bank statistical resource from 1997 forwards. The latest edition is in Case Reference. Older editions are in Case Main.

International Financial Statistics
Coverage: 1950-present. Provides time series data for balance of payments,banking, exchange rates, interest rates, employment, and other economic concepts.

World Development Indicators
Coverage: 1960-present. WDI includes more than 900 development indicators in over 80 tables organized in 6 sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global.

Web Sites

Ethiopia [electronic resource] : a country study
The Library of Congress provides an encyclopedic overview of Ethiopia.

Biographical Information

An African biographical dictionary (New York : Grey House Pub., 2006) - Call Number: Case Ref DT18 .B76 2006
An up to date listing of current and historical personages.

Dictionary of African biography - Call Number: CASE Ref. DT18 .D55 vol. 1 -3
New York : Reference Publications, c1977-

Atlases

Historical atlas of Africa / general editors, J.F. Ade. Ajayi and Michael Crowder - Call Number: CASE Atlases G2446.S1 H5 1985
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1985

The New atlas of African history / G.S.P. Freeman-Grenville - Call Number: CASE Atlases G2446.S1 F73 1991
New York : Simon & Schuster, c1991

Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection
Maps produced by the U. S. Central Intelligence Agency, unless otherwise indicated.