LibGuides: Twentieth Century South African History through Biography: Getting Started

Background information

Cambridge History of Africa Vol. 7, Southern Africa,1905-1940
Overview of South African history.

Cambridge History of Africa Vol 8, Southern Africa 1940-1975
Overview of South African history.

Apartheid and Race by Deborah Posel. From A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies. Goldberg, David Theo and John Solomos (eds). Blackwell Publishing, 2002

South Africa's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook

Literature Resource Center
Biographies and and articles about writers..

Oxford Reference Online: History
Encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc.

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Includes many prominent South Africans.

Articles

Academic Search Premier
Good general database for articles.
ATLA Religion Database
Excellent coverage of the church in South Africa.
Art Full Text
Art Full Text is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals published throughout the world. Full-text coverage for selected periodicals is also included.
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
RILM offers broad international coverage base. It includes music related works from articles, books, bibliographies,
Africa-Wide Information
Provides multi-disciplinary coverage about Africa.
AllAfrica.com - Africa News Online
Provides an extensive range of news services on Africa.
Historical Abstracts
History of all countries except the US and Canada since 1450. Includes articles and books.
Dissertations and Theses: Full Text
Ethnic Newswatch
Full text of articles from newspapers and newsletters published by minority groups in the U.S. back to 1960.
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
Lexis Nexis Academic
For recent South African newspaper articles and legal information. Go to Sources/Countries/South Africa
MLA
Covers literature and writers.
PAIS
For articles, government documents and NGO reports.
SportDiscus
Indexes book and article literature on sport from 1949 to the present.
Women's Studies International

Your Librarian

Carson Holloway

Contact:

Librarian for Military History, History of Science and Technology, Britain, Ireland and Commonwealth

Perkins and Lilly Libraries

919-660-5997

email: carson.holloway@duke.edu

Subjects: British & Irish Studies, Canadian Studies, European Studies, History, History of Science & Technology, Military History, Social Sciences, World History

Locating articles

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