African Studies 

Searching the UCLA Library Catalog [for books, newspapers, AV material, maps, journal and magazine titles]:

Use geographic names and their variants: indian/indien ocean (islands/iles); east/eastern africa/afrique; madagascar; mayotte; maldives; seychelles; comoros/comores (or comoro islands); mozambique/mocambique, mombasa, etc.

Other keywords: history; sources; slave? [retrieves 'slave', 'slaves', 'slavery']; france/french colonies

Examples: keyword search: africa east? history sources

keyword in title: world bibliographical series kenya

historical dictionary tanzania

Searching for journal articles:

Go to the tab 'Articles and More' in this guide; search Historical Abstracts and other relevant indexes

For historical newspapers and foreign dissertations:

Search the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Catalog

Current news: Indian Ocean Newsletter; print edition in the YRL, current issues in Periodicals, call #: DS341.I524