G732: Gov Info for Bibliography of Sub-Saharan Africa

Class session March 22nd, 2011
Contact Andrea Singer (singer@indiana.edu) for further information.

Office: East Tower 2 Wells Library

Phone: (812) 855-3726

Governments, historically and now, are major publishers of African sources.

Traditionally in archives and libraries, the country or issuing agency name is a key organizing element, and including it in keyword searches in electronic sources is helpful.

 

For a general introduction to Government Information as Primary Source, see:

 http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=5294

Research Guide Govt. Information  (International Studies) Primary Sources Government Information.

A handy reference tool for locating a summary of recent history for any country is Europa World Plus:
http://www.europaworld.com/

 

Sub-Saharan African Governments: http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=004216246918580239447:kzrbc4uvlna
Search across all of the websites of the governments of Sub-Saharan Africa.