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79-162: Slavery and Freedom in Africa: A Resource Guide

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Background

• Balandier, Georges and Jacques Maquet, eds. Dictionary of Black African Civilization. New York: L. Amiel, c1974.
  HUNT REF-1 916.7 D554

• Diagram Group. Encyclopedia of African Peoples. New York: Facts on File, 2000.
  HUNT REF-1 305.896 E56

• Drescher, Seymour and Stanley L. Engerman, eds. A Historical Guide to World Slavery. New York: Oxford University press, 1998.
  HUNT REF-1 306.362 H673

• Esposito, John L., ed. The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World. 4 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
  HUNT REF-1 909.097671003 O98

• Gall, Timothy L., ed. Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life: v. 1. Africa Detroit: Gale, c1998.
  HUNT REF-1 305.8003 E563

• Glazier, Stephen D., ed. The Encyclopedia of African and African-American Religions. New York: Routledge, 2001.
  HUNT REF-1 299.603 E56

• Internet African History Sourcebook (Paul Halsall)

• Internet Islamic Sourcebook (Paul Halsall)

• Kramarae, Cheris and Dale Spender, eds. Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: Global Women's Issues and Knowledge. 4 vols. New York: Routledge, 2000.
  HUNT REF-1 305.403 R869

• Moroney, Sean, ed. Handbooks to the Modern World. Africa. 2 vols. New York: Facts on File Publications, 1989.
  HUNT REF-1 960 H236

• Mostyn, Trevor, ed. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Middle East and North Africa. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988.
  HUNT REf-1 956 C178

• Murray, Jocelyn, ed. Cultural Atlas of Africa. Rev. ed. New York: Checkmark Books, 1998.
  HUNT REF-1 911.6 C96A

• Oliver, Roland and Michael Crowder, eds. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Africa. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1981.
  HUNT REF-1 960.03 C178

• Robinson, Francis. Atlas of the Islamic World Since 1500. New York: Facts On File, [c1982]
  HUNT REF-1 911.5 R65A

• Rodriguez, Junius P. Chronology of World Slavery. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1999.
  HUNT REF-1 306.36209 R69C

• Simon, Reeva S. Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East. 4 vols. New York: Macmillan Reference USA/Simon & Schuster Macmillan, 1996.
  HUNT REF-1 956.003 E562

• Shillington, Kevin. Encyclopedia of African History. 3 vols. New York: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2005.
  HUNT REF-1 960.03 E562

• Story of Africa. (BBC)

• Vogel, Joseph O., ed. Encyclopedia of Precolonial Africa: Archaeology, History, Languages, Cultures, and Environments. Walnut Creek, Calif.: AltaMira Press, c1997.
  HUNT REF-1 960.2 E56

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Books

If you need help finding books on your topic, ask at the Hunt Library reference desk. The reference staff can help you identify appropriate terms and search strategies to use for your topic.

• Cameo
  Catalog of the materials in the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, including books, dissertations, journals, magazines, newspapers, and videos.

• Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
  Catalog of Pittsburgh's public libraries. Carnegie Mellon faculty, staff, and students can borrow materials by getting a Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh library card at the Main Library lending desk. Library Cards are free to residents of Allegheny County (bring proof of address), as well as out-of-town college students residing in the county (bring your Carnegie Mellon ID card and proof of local address). You can also have materials brought to one of the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries by the Courier Service via ILLiad by noting the library and call number in the notes field.

• International African Institute. Africa Bibliography. Dover, N.H.: Manchester University Press, c1985-present.
  HUNT REF-1 016.96 A258
  Print: 1984-present.
  Books, essays and journal articles. Arranged by region and country, with further subdivisions into broad subjects. Also includes author and keyword subject indexes.

• Pittcat (University of Pittsburgh Libraries)
  Catalog of the University of Pittsburgh Library System, including all branch campus libraries. Carnegie Mellon faculty, staff, and students can borrow materials by getting a Special Borrower's card at the Hillman Library circulation desk with their Carnegie Mellon ID cards and proof of current Carnegie Mellon affiliation. See University of Pittsburgh Library System Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement for details. You can also have materials brought to one of the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries by the Courier Service via ILLiad by noting the library and call number in the notes field

• Worldcat (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  1200-present (Updated daily)
  Citations to books, titles of journals, manuscripts, and other materials in libraries throughout the United States, as well as some international libraries. You can limit your search to books by by selecting Book in the Type option. Each record will let you know which libraries have that item. Use E-ZBorrow or the Interlibrary loan service ILLiad for materials not in the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries.

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Internet Guides

• Academic Info: Islamic Studies Resources

• Africa Web Links: an Annotated Resource ListŠ (Ali B. Ali-Dina, University of Pennsylvania)

• Virtual Religion Index: Islamic Tradition (Rutgers University, Religion Department)

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Journal Articles

Exactly which database you'd use depends on your topic, but these may be the most likely to help.

• Academic OneFile (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  ca. mid 1980s-present
  Citations, abstracts, and selected full-text articles from scholarly and general journals covering all academic disciplines.

• Historical Abstracts (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  1967-present
  Citations and some abstracts of journal articles, books, and dissertations on world history from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada). It covers all historical topics and a variety of disciplines including religion, gender studies, anthropology, political science, etc.

• GenderWatch (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  1970-present
  Full-text database containing 140 international publications plus reports, pamphlets, papers and conference proceedings devoted to women's and gender issues. GenderWatch contains archival material, in some cases back as far as the 1970's, with additional archival material continually added, making this the repository of an important historical perspective on the evolution of the women's movement and the changes in gender roles and understandings over the last 15 to 20 years.

• International African Institute. Africa Bibliography. Dover, N.H.: Manchester University Press, c1985-present.
  HUNT REF-1 016.96 A258
  Print: 1984-present.
  Books, essays and journal articles. Arranged by region and country, with further subdivisions into broad subjects. Also includes author and keyword subject indexes.

• Ethnic News Watch (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  1990-present.
  Ethnic NewsWatch is a full-text general reference database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press --English and Spanish language.
• Ethnic News Watch Backfiles (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  1960-1989.
  Ethnic NewsWatch is a full-text general reference database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press --English and Spanish language.
  Search Ethnic NewsWatch and the Ethnic News Watch Backfiles together

If full text links for journal articles are not provided, click on the SFX button to see retrieval options. This is only for journal article citations, and may not be available in all databases. Otherwise, use Cameo to see if materials are in the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries. If they aren't, you can use the Interlibrary Loan options to either borrow or obtain a photocopy of the material.

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Maps

• Ajayi, J. F. Ade and Michael Crowder, eds. Historical Atlas of Africa. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985.
  HUNT REF-1/Atlas 911.6 H673

• Blake, Gerald H., John Dewdney, and Jonathan Mitchell. The Cambridge Atlas of the Middle East & North Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987.
  HUNT REF-1 912.56 C178

• Brice, William C., ed. An Historical Atlas of Islam. Leiden: Brill, 1981.
  HUNT REF-1/Atlas 911.5 H67

• Fage, J. D. An Atlas of African History. [London]: E. Arnold [1958].
  HUNT REF-1 911.6 F15A

• Historical Maps of Africa (Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, General Libraries The University of Texas at Austin)

• Murray, Jocelyn, ed. Cultural Atlas of Africa. Rev. ed. New York: Checkmark Books, 1998.
  HUNT REF-1 911.6 C96A

• Nicolle, David. Atlas of the Islamic World. New York: Checkmark, 2003.
  HUNT REF-1 911.17671 N64H

• Robinson, Francis. Atlas of the Islamic World Since 1500. New York: Facts On File, [c1982]
  HUNT REF-1 911.5 R65A

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See also:

African History

Atlantic World