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Databases for Africa

African Women's Bibliographic Database
Coverage: 1986 - current
Indexes English language materials: books and government documents; articles in edited books; periodical and journal articles; theses and dissertations; conference papers; videocassettes. Some full text.
Alternative Press Index
Coverage: 1991 - current
Indexes over 250 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. Subjects covered include anarchism, labor, socialism, feminism, ecology, gay and lesbian issues, political and social change.*Password required for full text. Contact Reference Desk x6662.
Bibliography Of Africana Periodical Literature Database
Coverage: 1830 - current
Indexes English language articles from journals and periodicals that specialize in African Studies or consistently cover the African continent. Includes full text from 10 electronic journals.
The Encyclopaedia Of Islam
Coverage: historical
Offers basic searching of the full-text of nearly 12,000 pages of volumes I to XI and Supplement (Volume XII) of the print edition.
Historical Abstracts
Coverage: 1967 - current
Covers world history.
Index Islamicus
Coverage: 1906 - current
Indexes books, journal articles, conference proceedings about Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. Includes the other main Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, plus Muslim minorities elsewhere.

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