Research Guides: African Studies: Social Sciences

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Anthropology, Archaeology

eHRAF World Cultures
Formerly eHRAF Collection of Ethnography. Full text, fully-indexed collections of articles, books and manuscripts on over 360 cultures worldwide, from Human Relations Area Files, Inc.
Yoruba Ritual Archive (by UCLA Professor Andrew Apter)
A multimedia appendix to Apter's book, Black Critics and Kings: The Hermeneutics of Power in Yoruba Society (University of Chicago Press, 1992).

Geography, Maps

16th-Early 20th Century Maps of Africa
From Northwestern University

Columbia Gazetteer of the World This link opens in a new window
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Includes major place names in Africa

gazetteers; gazeteers; Gazeter; Gazetters; Gazetter; Gazzeteers; Gazzeteer; Gazzeters; Gazzeter; Gazzetteers; Gazzetteer; Gazzetter; Gazzetters

Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
From the Getty Research Institute; includes African place names and related art information
AfricaMap (Harvard University)
Open access multidisciplinary project, layering information over maps
World Population Prospects
The 2022 Revision of World Population Prospects is the twenty-seventh edition of official United Nations population estimates and projections that have been prepared by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present for 237 countries or areas, underpinned by analyses of historical demographic trends.

Sociology

Family & Society Studies Worldwide This link opens in a new window
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Indexes articles, books, conference papers, and reports in the fields of family science, human ecology, human development, and social welfare. Covers research, policy, and practice literature from 1970 to the present.

Political Science, Policy Studies

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international literature in political science, international relations, law, and public policy.
Developing nations; disarmament; economic policy; electoral systems; environmental policy; government systems; labor relations; military policy; CSA; Cambridge Scientific Abstracts; wpsa; world

Education

Universities in Africa: Directory of African Universities and Colleges
Includes rankings within countries and provinces or states
Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983 (H.W. Wilson)
Index of education journals from 1929 to 1983.

Education Source (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Includes more than 2,850 education journals, 550 books, and education-related conference papers.
eduactionsource; eduaction
ERIC (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Index to journal articles and gray literature on educational research and practice from 1969 to the present and ERIC documents since 1966.
education

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