History: Africa
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Books: History of Africa
The Madison Area Technical College Libraries Online Catalog provides access to books, magazines, Reserve material, audio-visual material (for example, videos), electronic books and web resources.
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Most books on Africa and African history will be found in the 900's circulating collection, particulary in the 960's.
Other Library catalogs
- UW Madison MadCat
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- Wisconsin State Historical Library & Archives
- UW Courtesy Card UW Borrowing Card: The Madison Area Technical College Libraries have an agreement with the UW-Madison Libraries to provide a borrowing card free of charge to Madison Area Technical College students. Stop in at any of the Madison Area Technical College Libraries to learn more and fill out the form.
- WorldCat
- South Central Library System Catalog
Atlases / Maps
911.6 K19 The Macmillan history atlas of Africa
Reference 911.6 F855 The new atlas of African history
911.6 AF25 African history in maps
960 C968 1998 Cultural atlas of Africa
Reference 912 G649 2005 Goode's World Atlas
Reference 912 AT881 2005 Atlas of the world
Reference 911 T58 The Times atlas of world history
Reference 912.09 M297 The Map Book
Additional atlases can be found in the Library Online Catalog including cultural and history atlases of specific areas of the world.
Library Research Databases
Use academic databases to find articles from scholarly and history journals. Full-text titles include Africa, Journal of African History, International Journal of African Historical Studies, African Studies Quarterly, and others.
News and reference databases may also be useful for your research.
Access from home or work is available for these databases; login using your Madison Area Technical College username and password.
- Academic Search Complete EBSCO database
- History Reference Center EBSCO database
- Humanities International Complete EBSCO database
- EBSCO databases
- ArtStor Digital Image collections including areas of covering art, architecture and archeology.
- JSTOR
Scholarly & academic journals collecttion. Titles include African Studies Review, Journal of the African Society, Journal of Modern African studies, Journal of Southern African studies, and others. - Country Watch Provides country-specific geopolitical intelligence on 193 countries in the world, including a brief history overview and other data.
- Find Articles lists all of the Madison Area Technical College Libraries databases
Search multiple EBSCO databasesResearch Databases and Websites - Newspapers
- Newspaper Source Plus Comprehensive newspaper database from EBSCO
- New York Times Article Archive use Interlibrary Loan to request articles, rather than purchasing copies online
- Newspaper Archive access provided through Badgerlink
Credo
- NEW: Credo Reference Over 400+ reference titles including history encyclopedias, biographies, art, geography and more.
Websites for History of Africa Research
- Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a continent University of Wisconsin Digital Collection
- Africa South of the Sahara Stanford University
- African Studies internet resources Columbia University
- AllAfrica.com African news and information
- Background Notes Information on countries provided by the U. S. Department of State
- BBC The Story of Africa Includes audio programs on the history of Africa
- Country Studies from The Library of Congress
The Country Studies series is a standard reference source for information about developed and developing nations alike. There are currently 85 detailed Country Studies available on this web site. Includes maps and charts and is completely searchable. - H-Africa African studies discussion list
- Statistics in Africa World Bank Group
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Donna Marconnet
Bookmarks
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Periodicals
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Citation Help
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- Research Guide for History: Chicago Style Citations Information, links and resources for help with Chicago Style citations
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