This guide contains resources that focus exclusively on the History of Africa and the Middle East. It should be used in conjunction with other History Subject Guides as well as the African and African American Studies and Middle Eastern/South Asian Studies guides where many other relevant resources may be found.
Key Resources
Resources in this box are ordered by relevance and breadth of scope.
- Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new windowCitations to articles on the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: history and life.) Indexes more than 2000 journals worldwide.
[Coverage: 1967-present] - Africa-Wide Information This link opens in a new windowAfrica-Wide Information (formerly Africa Wide NiPAD) combines databases to form a multidisciplinary aggregation of sources offering unique and extensive coverage of all facets of Africa and African studies. Includes over 2.4 million citations and abstracts dating back to the 16th century. The advanced search allows the research to search all the collected datasets or focus on particular sets.
[Coverage: 2000-present] - Askia (Access to Scientific/Socio-economic Knowledge in Africa) This link opens in a new windowThe Access to Scientific and Socio-economic Information in Africa (ASKIA) Initiative is under the Public Information & Knowledge Management Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. It defines a framework for bringing together scientific and socio-economic information for the African community, including scientists, researchers, academics, students, economists and, policy-makers, over an interactive online portal acting as a one-stop shop to such knowledge and associated information.
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The African Studies section is a collection of annotated critical bibliographies assessing sources and research in this discipline. Other sections of the Oxford Bibliographies, including, Atlantic History, Islamic Studies, Childhood Studies, Military History and more will also contain pertinent material. - Oxford Research Encyclopedias This link opens in a new window
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The Oxford Research Encyclopedia for African History is a continuously updated scholarly reference work. - Index Islamicus This link opens in a new windowThe Index Islamicus database indexes literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. Material cited in the Index Islamicus includes not only work written about the Middle East, but also about the other main Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, plus Muslim minorities elsewhere. Over 3,000 journals are monitored for inclusion in the database, together with conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works and book reviews. Journals and books are indexed down to the article and chapter level.
[Coverage: 1906-current]
